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Dessa Merritt 1881 - 1972

Dessa Merritt of Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia was born on June 22, 1881, and died at age 90 years old in March 1972.

Dessa Merritt
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Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia 20008
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June 22, 1881
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In 1881, in the year that Dessa Merritt was born, on November 19th, a meteorite landed a few miles southwest of Odessa, Ukraine. According to one report: "About 7 o'clock one morning a bright and serpentine tail of fire was seen passing over the town by the inhabitants of Odessa, and M. Prendel, editor of one of the Odessa papers, surmising that the phenomenon betokened a fall of meteorites, offered a reward to any person who would bring him one. Three days afterward a gentleman of Grossliebental brought him one which had been found by a peasant who was nearly frightened out of his senses at its fall. It fell beside him while at work in his field and buried itself .55 meters (almost 2 ft) into the ground." The recovered piece was about 17.5 lbs.
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In 1890, at the age of merely 9 years old, Dessa was alive when on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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Merritt, Marie (Jul 15, 1914 - Feb 1979) Merritt, Francis (Oct 5, 1909 - Oct 1983) Merritt, Frank (Oct 20, 1919 - Nov 1984) Merritt, Lawrence (Aug 27, 1916 - Jan 16, 2000) Merritt, Lillian (Jan 30, 1912 - Feb 2, 1998) Merritt, Francis (Apr 8, 1913 - Dec 27, 2000) Merritt, Bertha (Dec 20, 1928 - Aug 4, 2006) Merritt, Janet (May 1, 1933 - May 1985) Merritt, James (Sep 13, 1934 - Dec 23, 2004) Merritt, Edna (Sep 15, 1936 - Feb 11, 2005)
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