Elizabeth Adaline LankfordAge: 76 years1861–1937
- Name
- Elizabeth Adaline Lankford
- Given names
- Elizabeth Adaline
- Surname
- Lankford
- Married name
- Elizabeth Adaline Reynolds
 Birth | June 27, 1861 22 18 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | George W Reynolds — View this family December 28, 1879 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | John Henry Reynolds January 23, 1881 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Martha K Reynolds October 16, 1883 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James Robert Reynolds August 29, 1886 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Mary May Reynolds November 16, 1892 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Corda Jane “Cordie” Reynolds August 1, 1896 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 son #6 | Charles Elic Reynolds September 13, 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Robert Bennett Sr. — Martha K Reynolds — View this family October 13, 1901 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Henry Reynolds — Ida Mae Bennett — View this family September 14, 1902 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Luther Oren Bennett October 13, 1902 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Fred A Reynolds March 6, 1903 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Alexander Thompson April 10, 1903 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Claude Henry Reynolds April 19, 1904 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Kenneth Revell Reynolds May 16, 1908 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Orva Adaline Holland March 29, 1909 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Robert Reynolds — Fleta Morehead — View this family March 26, 1911 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Edna Maxine Reynolds January 3, 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 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 56 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 of a mother | Nancy Keziah Thompson January 29, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Wilma Iola Reynolds March 29, 1921 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Fred A Reynolds — Vista O'Rinda Marie Golden — View this family November 4, 1921 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a father | John Perry Lankford December 3, 1925 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Robert A Reynolds 1934 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | December 25, 1937 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thompson Grove Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Perry Lankford Birth: February 7, 1839 — Indiana, United States Death: December 3, 1925 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Keziah Thompson Birth: November 26, 1842 30 19 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 29, 1920 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1860 — |
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9 months herself |
Elizabeth Adaline Lankford Birth: June 27, 1861 22 18 — Missouri, United States Death: December 25, 1937 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
| Family with George W Reynolds |
| husband |
George W Reynolds Birth: December 12, 1860 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: September 8, 1951 — Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Adaline Lankford Birth: June 27, 1861 22 18 — Missouri, United States Death: December 25, 1937 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 28, 1879 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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13 months son |
John Henry Reynolds Birth: January 23, 1881 20 19 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: March 16, 1941 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Martha K Reynolds Birth: October 16, 1883 22 22 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: November 11, 1946 — Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
James Robert Reynolds Birth: August 29, 1886 25 25 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: April 12, 1962 — Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Mary May Reynolds Birth: November 16, 1892 31 31 — Missouri, United States Death: 1964 — Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Corda Jane “Cordie” Reynolds Birth: August 1, 1896 35 35 — Missouri, United States Death: April 9, 1962 — Woodland, Yolo, California, United States |
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4 years son |
Charles Elic Reynolds Birth: September 13, 1900 39 39 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1979 — San Bernardino, California, United States |
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3 years son |
Fred A Reynolds Birth: March 6, 1903 42 41 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: March 1, 1988 — Lake, California, United States |