Nancy Jane “Nannie” HarperAge: 74 years1845–1919
- Name
- Nancy Jane “Nannie” Harper
- Given names
- Nancy Jane
- Surname
- Harper
- Nickname
- Nannie
- Married name
- Nancy Jane Gentry
 Birth | April 1845 35 34 |
 Marriage | Josiah Kansas “Joe” Gentry — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Harper August 1845 (Age 4 months) |
| Birth of a brother | James Parke Harper November 1845 (Age 7 months) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Parke Sr. before 1846 (Age 9 months) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 months)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 |
| Birth of a brother | William H Harper May 1850 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | September 25, 1850 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Harper about 1851 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 19, 1860 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 21 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 21 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 23 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Harper after 1870 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Harper September 12, 1871 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Harper March 17, 1877 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 32 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Lourana “Lourany” Parke 1892 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 brother | Thomas Harper after 1900 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Parke Harper after 1905 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | William H Harper after 1910 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a husband | Josiah Kansas “Joe” Gentry August 5, 1913 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 70 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 71 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 72 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 | April 3, 1919 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Richmond Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Harper Birth: June 10, 1809 — Union City, Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1877 — Madison, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Lourana “Lourany” Parke Birth: 1811 41 40 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: 1892 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 19, 1843 — Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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-6 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Harper Birth: June 12, 1837 28 26 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: September 12, 1871 — Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years herself |
Nancy Jane “Nannie” Harper Birth: April 1845 35 34 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: April 3, 1919 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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5 months younger brother |
Thomas Harper Birth: August 1845 36 34 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1900 — Tipton, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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4 months younger brother |
James Parke Harper Birth: November 1845 36 34 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1905 — Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
William H Harper Birth: May 1850 40 39 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1910 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months younger sister |
Mary Ann Harper Birth: about 1851 41 40 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1870 — Union Township, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Josiah Kansas “Joe” Gentry |
| husband |
Josiah Kansas “Joe” Gentry Birth: October 1833 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 5, 1913 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Jane “Nannie” Harper Birth: April 1845 35 34 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: April 3, 1919 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Henry Harper - Household
Madison, Kentucky
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Henry Harper - Household
Madison, Kentucky
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