Martha Livingston “Mattie” DavisAge: 71 years1855–1927
- Name
- Martha Livingston “Mattie” Davis
- Given names
- Martha Livingston
- Surname
- Davis
- Married name
- Martha Livingston Harris
- Nickname
- Mattie
 Birth | November 17, 1855 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 months)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 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 | John Fletcher Harris — View this family September 10, 1874 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Dora L Harris April 14, 1878 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 17, 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Lemuel Wesley Harris January 25, 1881 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Dora L Harris September 18, 1882 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Cecil Welons Harris November 2, 1883 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Byron Ganfield Harris May 13, 1889 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 1, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Byron Ganfield Harris — Irene E Bowers — View this family calculated 1908 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | May 11, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Elizabeth Cecil Harris October 23, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Lilburn W Harris 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lemuel Wesley Harris — Laura Adams Moss — View this family May 22, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Lemuel Moss Harris December 2, 1913 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Ethel Louise Harris December 3, 1913 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Carl Livingston Harris December 14, 1915 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Dora Kathryn Harris August 4, 1916 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 #7 | Gladys May Harris February 7, 1919 (Age 63 years) |
| Census | January 17, 1920 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Gladys May Harris July 3, 1920 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Juanita Faye Harris March 25, 1924 (Age 68 years) |
 Death | October 27, 1927 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Sharon Cemetery |
| Family with John Fletcher Harris |
| husband |
John Fletcher Harris Birth: December 28, 1850 29 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1940 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Livingston “Mattie” Davis Birth: November 17, 1855 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 27, 1927 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 10, 1874 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Dora L Harris Birth: April 14, 1878 27 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 18, 1882 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Lemuel Wesley Harris Birth: January 25, 1881 30 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 29, 1953 — New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States |
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3 years son |
Cecil Welons Harris Birth: November 2, 1883 32 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 4, 1954 — Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
Byron Ganfield Harris Birth: May 13, 1889 38 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 2, 1959 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
How is James H related? -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
Next door to Byron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
Who is Lewis? -b |