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Mettie Downs 1882 - 1973

Mettie Downs of Mahomet, Champaign County, Illinois was born on April 2, 1882, and died at age 91 years old in June 1973.
Mettie Downs
Mahomet, Champaign County, Illinois 61853
April 2, 1882
June 1973
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Mettie Downs' History: 1882 - 1973

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    1882

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    April 2, 1882
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  • 06/dd
    1973

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    June 1973
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    Mettie Downs lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1882, in the year that Mettie Downs was born, on March 22nd, the Edmunds Act - passed by Congress - made polygamy a felony. The Act also banned "bigamous" relationships and "unlawful cohabitation", making it illegal for polygamists and those who simply lived together without marrying to vote, be on a jury, or hold a public office.
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In 1913, at the age of 31 years old, Mettie was alive when Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. It had previously taken 12 hours to assemble a whole vehicle - now it took only two hours and 30 minutes! Inspired by the production lines at flour mills, breweries, canneries and industrial bakeries, along with the disassembly of animal carcasses in Chicago’s meat-packing plants, Ford created moving belts for parts and the assembly line was born.
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