Tennessee Mahala “Tenny” CarterAge: 65 years1853–1919
- Name
- Tennessee Mahala “Tenny” Carter
- Given names
- Tennessee Mahala
- Surname
- Carter
- Married name
- Tennessee Mahala Ellis
- Nickname
- Tenny
 Birth | November 18, 1853 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 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 7 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 13 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 13 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 15 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 |
 Marriage | Jesse Edward Ellis — View this family estimated 1875 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Ernest Burton Ellis January 22, 1877 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | David Alvin Ellis November 30, 1878 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 7, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Jesse Everet Ellis May 23, 1881 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Rosa Lillian Ellis January 9, 1887 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Robert Sidney Ellis October 2, 1890 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 |
| Census | June 21, 1900 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | David Alvin Ellis — Ora Melissa Wilson — View this family about 1901 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a son | Jesse Everet Ellis October 14, 1901 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Evelyn Ellis 1902 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Judson Ellis about 1905 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Francis Ellis about 1906 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | May 1, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Norman Ellis about 1913 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a grandson | Judson Ellis 1917 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 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 64 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 | August 2, 1919 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sangie Cemetery |
| Family with Jesse Edward Ellis |
| husband |
Jesse Edward Ellis Birth: October 22, 1845 27 21 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: January 3, 1923 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Tennessee Mahala “Tenny” Carter Birth: November 18, 1853 — Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States Death: August 2, 1919 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1875 — |
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2 years son |
Ernest Burton Ellis Birth: January 22, 1877 31 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 8, 1966 |
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22 months son |
David Alvin Ellis Birth: November 30, 1878 33 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 29, 1958 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Jesse Everet Ellis Birth: May 23, 1881 35 27 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: October 14, 1901 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Rosa Lillian Ellis Birth: January 9, 1887 41 33 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: January 7, 1980 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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4 years son |
Robert Sidney Ellis Birth: October 2, 1890 44 36 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: June 17, 1980 — Fresno, California, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Edward Ellis - Household
Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Edward Ellis - Household
Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Edward Ellis - Household
LaGrange Road Shelby, Tennessee
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