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Gertie S Thornton 1906 - 1991

Gertie S Thornton of Lebanon, Marion County, KY was born on January 11, 1906, and died at age 85 years old on March 8, 1991. Gertie Thornton was buried at Lebanon National Cemetery Section 8 Site 2 Hwy 208, in Lebanon.

Gertie S Thornton
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Lebanon, Marion County, KY 40033
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January 11, 1906
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Gertie S Thornton Gertie Thornton (1906 - 1991)
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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC 5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1906, in the year that Gertie S Thornton was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1911, she was merely 5 years old when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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Thornton, Amos (Born Nov 27, 1833) Thornton-Cooper, Georgia? (Born Oct 1856) Thornton, Todd Thornton, Jessica (Born c. Feb 17) Thornton, Randall (Jun 29, 1906 - Sep 22, 1988) Thornton, John (Feb 10, 1895 - Feb 1971) Thornton, Albert (Feb 6, 1900 - Feb 17, 1988) Thornton, Adelbert (Oct 6, 1903 - Jan 29, 1988) Thornton, Marion (Jun 1, 1919 - Oct 15, 2000) Thornton, Norman (Sep 12, 1916 - Feb 1976)
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