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Sophronia Sargent 1896 - 1985

Sophronia Sargent of Appalachia, Wise County, Virginia was born on December 3, 1896, and died at age 89 years old in December 1985.
Sophronia Sargent
Appalachia, Wise County, Virginia 24216
December 3, 1896
December 1985
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    1896

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    December 3, 1896
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  • 12/dd
    1985

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    December 1985
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    Sophronia Sargent lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1896, in the year that Sophronia Sargent was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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In 1935, at the age of 39 years old, Sophronia was alive when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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