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Bessie A Dunham 1897 - 1993

Bessie A Dunham of Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE was born on October 19, 1897, and died at age 95 years old on June 23, 1993.

Bessie A Dunham

Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE 68506

October 19, 1897

June 23, 1993

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1897

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October 19, 1897

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1993

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June 23, 1993

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Bessie A Dunham lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.

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In 1897, in the year that Bessie A Dunham was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".

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In 1914, at the age of 17 years old, Bessie was alive when in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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