Roanna E WeatherfordAge: 78 years1841–1920
- Name
- Roanna E Weatherford
- Given names
- Roanna E
- Surname
- Weatherford
- Married name
- Roanna E Riggins
 Birth | June 17, 1841 |
 Marriage | Charles Alexander Riggins — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 years)Note: 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 25 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 25 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Benjamin Franklin Riggins Sr. February 1868 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 27 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Edward Lewis Riggins June 24, 1874 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 36 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Hershal F Riggins December 20, 1894 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Benjamin Franklin Riggins Sr. — Pemetta “Etta” Ellis — View this family estimated 1894 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Lucy Claude Riggins September 1897 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Hershal F Riggins December 10, 1897 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Edward Lewis Riggins — Lucy Irene Ellis — View this family January 11, 1899 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Benjamin Franklin Riggins Jr. June 22, 1899 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Elgin Lyman Riggins January 16, 1900 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Jessie Brooklyn Riggins April 28, 1901 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Alma Riggins July 23, 1903 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Etta Mae Riggins August 8, 1904 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Jessie Brooklyn Riggins August 18, 1904 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Floyd Otis Riggins January 15, 1906 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Carl Alexander Riggins December 23, 1906 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Ellis Riggins about December 1909 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Leslie Bond Riggins January 20, 1911 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a husband | Charles Alexander Riggins April 23, 1912 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Margaret Lorene Riggins September 22, 1913 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 74 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 75 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 76 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/ |
| Death of a grandson | Ellis Riggins before 1920 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | May 30, 1920 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morning Sun Cemetery |
| Family with Charles Alexander Riggins |
| husband |
Charles Alexander Riggins Birth: March 20, 1837 — Virginia, United States Death: April 23, 1912 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Roanna E Weatherford Birth: June 17, 1841 — Virginia, United States Death: May 30, 1920 — Ellendale, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Edward Lewis Riggins Birth: June 24, 1874 37 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1969 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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-6 years son |
Benjamin Franklin Riggins Sr. Birth: February 1868 30 26 — Virginia, United States Death: 1959 |