Patience Jane BlakeAge: 71 years1841–1912
- Name
- Patience Jane Blake
- Given names
- Patience Jane
- Surname
- Blake
- Married name
- Patience Jane Asher
 Birth | July 17, 1841 |
 Marriage | James Riley Asher — 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 |
| 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#1 | James Thomas Asher July 9, 1872 (Age 30 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 |
| Marriage of a child | James Thomas Asher — Etta Bell Shemwell — View this family 1892 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Leslie Elbert Asher July 2, 1894 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Ellis Elvin Asher October 6, 1895 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Hettie Gertrude “Gertie” Asher February 13, 1898 (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 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | John Riley Asher September 19, 1900 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Riley Asher January 20, 1904 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | October 14, 1912 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with James Riley Asher |
| husband |
James Riley Asher Birth: May 10, 1836 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 20, 1904 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Patience Jane Blake Birth: July 17, 1841 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1912 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
James Thomas Asher Birth: July 9, 1872 36 30 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: March 19, 1939 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |