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Henry Purcell 1895 - 1978

Henry Purcell of Du Quoin, Perry County, Illinois was born on September 14, 1895, and died at age 82 years old in June 1978.
Henry Purcell
Du Quoin, Perry County, Illinois 62832
September 14, 1895
June 1978
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Henry Purcell's History: 1895 - 1978

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    1895

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    September 14, 1895
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    1978

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    June 1978
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    Henry Purcell lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1895, in the year that Henry Purcell was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1924, Henry was 29 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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