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Bessie Smoot 1907 - 2009

Bessie Smoot of Beckley, Raleigh County, WV was born on March 2, 1907, and died at age 102 years old on September 1, 2009.

Bessie Smoot

Beckley, Raleigh County, WV 25801

March 2, 1907

September 1, 2009

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In 1907, in the year that Bessie Smoot was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.

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In 1934, when she was 27 years old, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.

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