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Una Tanner 1897 - 1984

Una Tanner of Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri was born on October 20, 1897, and died at age 86 years old in January 1984.
Una Tanner
Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri 63801
October 20, 1897
January 1984
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Una Tanner's History: 1897 - 1984

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    1897

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    October 20, 1897
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  • 01/dd
    1984

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    January 1984
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    Una Tanner lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1897, in the year that Una Tanner was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1925, she was 28 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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