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Gladys Benson 1914 - 1978

Gladys Benson of Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois was born on November 27, 1914, and died at age 63 years old in January 1978.
Gladys Benson
Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois 61443
November 27, 1914
January 1978
Female
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Gladys Benson's History: 1914 - 1978

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    1914

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    November 27, 1914
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    1978

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    January 1978
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    Gladys Benson lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1914, in the year that Gladys Benson 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 1920, Gladys was merely 6 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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