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Bowman Ferguson 1911 - 1979

Bowman Ferguson of Vinton, Roanoke County, Virginia was born on September 28, 1911, and died at age 68 years old in October 1979.
Bowman Ferguson
Vinton, Roanoke County, Virginia 24179
September 28, 1911
October 1979
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Bowman Ferguson's History: 1911 - 1979

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  • 09/28
    1911

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    September 28, 1911
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  • 10/dd
    1979

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    October 1979
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    Bowman Ferguson lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1911, in the year that Bowman Ferguson was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1925, when this person was only 14 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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