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Josie Downey 1897 - 1984

Josie Downey of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama was born on January 22, 1897, and died at age 87 years old in June 1984.
Josie Downey
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama 35801
January 22, 1897
June 1984
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Josie Downey's History: 1897 - 1984

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  • 01/22
    1897

    Birthday

    January 22, 1897
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  • 06/dd
    1984

    Death

    June 1984
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    Josie Downey lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1897, in the year that Josie Downey 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 1901, when she was only 4 years old, shortly after beginning his second term, President McKinley was assassinated by the self proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. The last President to have served in the Civil War - he began as a private and ended the war as a brevet major - McKinley was a Republican. First elected in 1896, he was re-elected in 1900. Six months after the swearing in, McKinley was shot - and died of the gangrene that set in as a result.
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