Amanda Catherine GranthamAge: 76 years1848–1925
- Name
- Amanda Catherine Grantham
- Given names
- Amanda Catherine
- Surname
- Grantham
- Married name
- Amanda Catherine Vaughn
 Birth | July 1848 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 8 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 12 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 |
 Marriage | Enos Vaughn — View this family November 10, 1867 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 18 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 18 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 20 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 daughter#1 | Anise G Vaughn August 26, 1875 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 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 | Bruce “Ruse” Hester — Anise G Vaughn — View this family June 12, 1898 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 | R Vaughn Hester February 1899 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Madge Edith Hester about 1902 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James M Johnston — Anise G Vaughn — View this family between 1911 and 1914 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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 | 1925 (Age 76 years) |
| Family with Enos Vaughn |
| husband |
Enos Vaughn Birth: June 4, 1842 — Stewartsville, Clinton, Missouri, United States Death: March 27, 1936 — Covington, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
Amanda Catherine Grantham Birth: July 1848 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States Death: 1925 — Lucien, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: November 10, 1867 — Bates, Missouri, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Anise G Vaughn Birth: August 26, 1875 33 27 — Missouri, United States Death: July 15, 1968 — Perry, Noble, Oklahoma, United States |