Rolla Smith McMahanAge: 81 years1862–1943
- Name
- Rolla Smith McMahan
- Given names
- Rolla Smith
- Surname
- McMahan
 Birth | about 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 5 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 5 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 7 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Dollie Frances Younger — View this family September 1, 1884 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Stella McMahan April 21, 1890 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Shelby Eugene “Gene” Burris October 26, 1912 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 56 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | December 20, 1943 (Age 81 years) Cause of death: Heart condition and flu |
 Burial | December 22, 1943 (2 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park |
| Family with Dollie Frances Younger |
| himself |
Rolla Smith McMahan Birth: about 1862 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 20, 1943 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Dollie Frances Younger Birth: November 13, 1869 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 24, 1954 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 1, 1884 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Stella McMahan Birth: April 21, 1890 28 20 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 21, 1988 |