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Prentiss Laird 1895 - 1975

Prentiss Laird of Smithdale, Amite County, Mississippi was born on June 24, 1895, and died at age 79 years old in April 1975.
Prentiss Laird
Smithdale, Amite County, Mississippi 39664
June 24, 1895
April 1975
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Prentiss Laird's History: 1895 - 1975

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  • 06/24
    1895

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    June 24, 1895
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  • 04/dd
    1975

    Death

    April 1975
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    Prentiss Laird lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1895, in the year that Prentiss Laird 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 1943, Prentiss was 48 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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