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Bessie Bowden 1892 - 1978

Bessie Bowden of Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina was born on January 12, 1892, and died at age 86 years old in January 1978.
Bessie Bowden
Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina 28170
January 12, 1892
January 1978
Female
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Bessie Bowden's History: 1892 - 1978

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    1892

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    January 12, 1892
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    1978

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    January 1978
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    Bessie Bowden lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1892, in the year that Bessie Bowden was born, on October 5th, the Dalton Gang was shot. The Gang was attempting to rob two banks - simultaneously - in Coffeyville Kansas but word spread of the robberies and townspeople with guns greeted them when they left the banks. Four members of the gang were killed - only Emmett Dalton survived his wounds and spent 14 years in prison.
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In 1915, at the age of 23 years old, Bessie was alive when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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