Laura Wendeline AtkinAge: 74 years1866–1941
- Name
- Laura Wendeline Atkin
- Given names
- Laura Wendeline
- Surname
- Atkin
- Married name
- Laura Wendeline Mangum
 Birth | December 5, 1866 21 25 |
 Marriage | Jacop Henry Mangum — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 27 days)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 27 days)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Anderson M Atkins March 1868 (Age 14 months) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 |
 Census | August 25, 1870 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Albert Allen Atkin June 30, 1871 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Arney Lee Atkins August 2, 1875 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 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 24, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Painter 1882 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Carrie Mae Mangum May 26, 1894 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 |
| Death of a father | William Benjamin Franklin Atkin 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Emaline Shemwell January 31, 1908 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a brother | Anderson M Atkins 1909 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Syredith Thomas “S T” King May 22, 1914 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Susie Glendale King August 7, 1919 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Wilburn Lanier King February 21, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Laura Frances King January 22, 1925 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 |
| Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Emily Mae King June 24, 1932 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Albert Allen Atkin June 18, 1933 (Age 66 years) |
| Census | April 27, 1940 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | April 30, 1941 (Age 74 years) Cause of death: Cancer |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sandy Springs Methodist Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Benjamin Franklin Atkin Birth: 1845 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1900 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Emaline Shemwell Birth: January 1841 50 46 — North Carolina, United States Death: January 31, 1908 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 1, 1866 — South Carolina, United States |
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10 months herself |
Laura Wendeline Atkin Birth: December 5, 1866 21 25 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: April 30, 1941 — Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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16 months younger brother |
Anderson M Atkins Birth: March 1868 23 27 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: 1909 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Albert Allen Atkin Birth: June 30, 1871 26 30 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 18, 1933 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Arney Lee Atkins Birth: August 2, 1875 30 34 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: August 30, 1945 — Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| Family with Jacop Henry Mangum |
| husband |
Jacop Henry Mangum Death: |
| herself |
Laura Wendeline Atkin Birth: December 5, 1866 21 25 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: April 30, 1941 — Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Carrie Mae Mangum Birth: May 26, 1894 27 — Morganton, McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: August 23, 1972 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Benjamin Franklin Atkins - Household
Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina
Elizabeth has no last name - age wrong? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William Benjamin Franklin Atkin - Household
Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina
Arney is Disabled |