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Riggs Benedict 1899 - 1966

Riggs Benedict of Columbia, Boone County, Missouri was born on September 8, 1899, and died at age 66 years old in March 1966.
Riggs Benedict
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri 65201
September 8, 1899
March 1966
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  • 09/8
    1899

    Birthday

    September 8, 1899
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  • 03/dd
    1966

    Death

    March 1966
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    Riggs Benedict lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1899, in the year that Riggs Benedict was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1917, when this person was 18 years old, in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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