Martha Janett WaltersAge: 86 years1844–1930
- Name
- Martha Janett Walters
- Given names
- Martha Janett
- Surname
- Walters
- Married name
- Martha Janett Scarborough
 Birth | July 1844 |
 Marriage | Samuel DeBerry Scarborough — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 18 months)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 12 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 16 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 22 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 22 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 24 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#1 | Sam Edward Scarborough December 27, 1876 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 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 son #2 | James Herbert Scarborough June 15, 1881 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mattie Scarborough May 29, 1883 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 | James Herbert Scarborough — Louise Ragsdale — View this family calculated 1907 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Louise Virginia Scarborough 1908 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Milton Scarborough June 20, 1910 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a husband | Samuel DeBerry Scarborough October 6, 1912 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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 daughter | Mattie Scarborough May 18, 1919 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 85 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 |
 Death | December 19, 1930 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery |
| Family with Samuel DeBerry Scarborough |
| husband |
Samuel DeBerry Scarborough Birth: November 11, 1835 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 6, 1912 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Martha Janett Walters Birth: July 1844 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 19, 1930 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Sam Edward Scarborough Birth: December 27, 1876 41 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 26, 1937 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years son |
James Herbert Scarborough Birth: June 15, 1881 45 36 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 26, 1951 — Espanola, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Mattie Scarborough Birth: May 29, 1883 47 38 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 18, 1919 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |