Emma J CornetteAge: 77 years1843–1921
- Name
- Emma J Cornette
- Given names
- Emma J
- Surname
- Cornette
- Married name
- Emma J Newman
 Birth | February 26, 1843 |
 Marriage | William Young Newman — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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 13 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 18 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 23 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 23 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 25 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 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#1 | Lewis Garfield Newman December 11, 1879 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 | Lewis Garfield Newman — Annie Elizabeth O'Neal — View this family December 24, 1899 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Arvel Newman October 24, 1900 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Flossie Evelyn Newman April 29, 1902 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Drucie E Newman August 16, 1903 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Drucie E Newman April 1, 1904 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Theodore Roosevelt “Ted” Newman February 5, 1905 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Moody Earl Newman November 12, 1906 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | David Austin Newman December 5, 1908 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Hoyt Spurgeon Newman February 15, 1911 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Young Newman November 6, 1911 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Lewis D “L D” Newman September 22, 1912 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Mable Pearl Newman December 20, 1914 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Emma Idell Newman October 10, 1916 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 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 73 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | James O'Neal “J O” Newman December 27, 1918 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 74 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 | January 2, 1921 (Age 77 years) |
| Family with William Young Newman |
| husband |
William Young Newman Birth: July 8, 1830 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 6, 1911 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Emma J Cornette Birth: February 26, 1843 — Virginia, United States Death: January 2, 1921 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Lewis Garfield Newman Birth: December 11, 1879 49 36 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 2, 1965 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |