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Hugh Downs 1897 - 1968

Hugh Downs of Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia was born on August 29, 1897, and died at age 70 years old in April 1968.

Hugh Downs
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Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia 26571
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August 29, 1897
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April 1968
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In 1897, in the year that Hugh Downs 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 1919, Hugh was 22 years old when in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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Downs, Hugh (May 7, 1921 - Nov 15, 1968) Downs Sr, Hugh (May 13, 1915 - Oct 1982) Downs, Hugh (Sep 4, 1919 - Apr 12, 2002) Downs, Hugh (Jun 22, 1906 - Feb 1985) Downs, Hugh (Dec 28, 1917 - Aug 1977) Downs, Hugh (Mar 4, 1931 - Dec 1980) Downs, Hugh (Oct 31, 1908 - Apr 1979) Downs, Hugh (Jul 10, 1903 - Dec 1985)

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Adkins, Clara (Born Mar 4, 1887) Downs, Clara (Born Mar 4, 1887) Downs, Gladys (Oct 6, 1914 - Jul 1987) Downs, Donald (Jul 11, 1911 - Nov 1978) Downs, Charles (Aug 20, 1906 - Sep 1976) Downs, Raymond (Died Jun 1950) Downs, Herbert (Jan 15, 1915 - Jun 3, 1993) Downs, Fred (Dec 26, 1916 - Jun 10, 2004) Downs, Arthur (Mar 19, 1905 - Sep 1979) Downs, Roy (May 21, 1893 - Mar 1968)
Downs, Catherine (Aug 7, 1912 - Mar 8, 1990) Downs, Ruth (Jul 7, 1915 - Mar 8, 2006) Downs, Ethel (Sep 7, 1900 - May 8, 1994) Downs, Winfred (Mar 10, 1888 - Nov 1968) Downs, Rachel (Jul 25, 1895 - May 10, 1995) Downs, Leonie (Sep 17, 1914 - Feb 22, 1989) Downs, Carrie (Oct 20, 1892 - Nov 1986) Downs, Clifford (Sep 20, 1913 - Apr 1981) Downs, Ira (Feb 10, 1890 - Mar 1970) Downs, Carl (Jun 30, 1920 - Feb 10, 1997)
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