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Florence Pennington 1897 - 1967

Florence Pennington of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH was born on February 28, 1897, and died at age 70 years old in November 1967.
Florence Pennington
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH 03801
February 28, 1897
November 1967
Female
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Florence Pennington's History: 1897 - 1967

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  • 02/28
    1897

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    February 28, 1897
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  • 11/dd
    1967

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    November 1967
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    Florence Pennington lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1897, in the year that Florence Pennington was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1925, she was 28 years old when 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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