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Bessie E Ledbetter 1920 - 1996

Bessie E Ledbetter of Fortville, Hancock County, IN was born on November 6, 1920, and died at age 75 years old in March 1996.
Bessie E Ledbetter
Fortville, Hancock County, IN 46040
November 6, 1920
March 1996
Female
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Bessie E Ledbetter's History: 1920 - 1996

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    1920

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    November 6, 1920
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  • 03/dd
    1996

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    March 1996
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    Bessie E Ledbetter lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1920, in the year that Bessie E Ledbetter was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1950, Bessie was 30 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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