Martha Catherine HeltsleyAge: 46 years1841–1887
- Name
- Martha Catherine Heltsley
- Given names
- Martha Catherine
- Surname
- Heltsley
- Married name
- Martha Catherine Willis
 Birth | October 6, 1841 |
 Marriage | James Monroe Willis — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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 15 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 19 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 25 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 25 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 27 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 36 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 | James Henry Willis November 15, 1883 (Age 42 years) |
 Death | October 14, 1887 (Age 46 years) |
| Family with James Monroe Willis |
| husband |
James Monroe Willis Birth: November 1840 — Callaway, Bell, Kentucky, United States Death: June 14, 1902 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Catherine Heltsley Birth: October 6, 1841 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1887 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
James Henry Willis Birth: November 15, 1883 43 42 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 17, 1968 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| James Monroe Willis + Nancy Bell Christian |
| husband |
James Monroe Willis Birth: November 1840 — Callaway, Bell, Kentucky, United States Death: June 14, 1902 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Nancy Bell Christian Birth: October 20, 1857 33 25 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: June 16, 1946 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1893 — |
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15 months step-daughter |
Flora Pheoba Willis Birth: March 21, 1894 53 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1988 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years step-son |
William Bradley “Willie” Willis Birth: September 11, 1897 56 39 — Mt. Sharon, Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 28, 1977 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |