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Edith Sheffield 1914 - 1985

Edith Sheffield of Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina was born on April 16, 1914, and died at age 71 years old in December 1985.
Edith Sheffield
Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina 27104
April 16, 1914
December 1985
Female
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Edith Sheffield's History: 1914 - 1985

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    1914

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    April 16, 1914
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  • 12/dd
    1985

    Death

    December 1985
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    Edith Sheffield lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1914, in the year that Edith Sheffield was born, in June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian national. Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia. Other major powers took sides - and World War I began: Austria declared war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany . . . and on it went until most of the world was embroiled in the war.
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In 1922, she was just 8 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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