100 - Emma Reed - Arkansas
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Emma J. Reed was born the same year that notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then to Spain
Waymark Code: WMCPCH
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2011
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Emma J. Reed's final resting place is at a small rural cemetery on highway 278, south of Nashville. Hers is an upright monument, of reddish-brown color, with a light colored inset box for her name and years of birth/death. A stem of flowers and petals is etched into the top of the text box. She is laid to rest next to Marie Reed (Dec. 2, 1904 - Nov. 2, 1965) and A.L. Reed (1878 - 1945).
The text on her headstone is:
Mother
Emma J. Reed
July 8, 1875
Nov. 19, 1975
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Emma's time on earth:
1875: Chief Lone Horn of the Minneconjou dies at the Cheyenne River, leaving his son Big Foot as the new chief
1885: The battle of Frog Lake, Alberta between the Cree and mounties
1895: Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island
1905: Albert Einstein publishes the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies where he reveals his theory of special relativity
1915: Germany uses poison gas against the Russians
1925: Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signs the Butler Act, prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the state's public schools
1935: Airplanes are banned from flying over the White House
1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin hold the Yalta Conference
1955: American cytogeneticist Joe Hin Tjio discovers the correct number of human chromosomes, forty-six
1965: Funeral services are held for Detroit homemaker Viola Liuzzo, who was shot dead by 4 Klansmen as she drove marchers back to Selma at night after the civil rights march
1975: The Reds defeat the Red Sox four games to three in a broadcast that breaks records for a televised sporting event
Location of Headstone: Sardis Cemetery
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