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May J Poignee 1890 - 1968

May J Poignee of Vergennes, Jackson County, IL was born on September 11, 1890, and died at age 78 years old on December 15, 1968.
May J Poignee
Vergennes, Jackson County, IL 62994
September 11, 1890
December 15, 1968
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May J Poignee's History: 1890 - 1968

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  • 09/11
    1890

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    September 11, 1890
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  • 12/15
    1968

    Death

    December 15, 1968
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    May J Poignee lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1890, in the year that May J Poignee was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1928, at the age of 38 years old, May was alive when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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