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Bessie Orr 1898 - 1983

Bessie Orr of Somerville, Morgan County, Alabama was born on January 13, 1898, and died at age 85 years old in March 1983.
Bessie Orr
Somerville, Morgan County, Alabama 35670
January 13, 1898
March 1983
Female
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Bessie Orr's History: 1898 - 1983

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    1898

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    January 13, 1898
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  • 03/dd
    1983

    Death

    March 1983
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    Cause of death
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    Bessie Orr lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1898, in the year that Bessie Orr was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1917, at the age of 19 years old, Bessie was alive when Russian government offices were seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace was stormed in the Russian February and October Revolutions. The February revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and a coalition of the Parliament and workers parties taking control of the government. The October revolution resulted in Lenin and the Bolsheviks taking complete control.
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