Mayme Nell PaxtonAge: 88 years1887–1976
- Name
- Mayme Nell Paxton
- Given names
- Mayme Nell
- Surname
- Paxton
- Married name
- Mayme Nell Ford
 Birth | December 15, 1887 27 31 |
 Birth of a sister | Maybelle Ann Paxton February 11, 1891 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 5, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Franklin Driskill April 18, 1902 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Verna Elmore Ford — View this family calculated 1905 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Opal Beatrice Ford November 15, 1906 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford April 15, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 28 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 daughter #3 | Barbara Luella Ford January 21, 1918 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 29 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 30 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 father | Thomas Larkin Paxton 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Ruth Anne Ford June 14, 1921 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | James Robert Ford September 4, 1923 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lowell Leon Valentine — Opal Beatrice Ford — View this family estimated 1925 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a son | James Robert Ford January 13, 1926 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Patsy Joe Valentine March 12, 1926 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 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 10, 1930 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Martin Thomas Ford April 14, 1933 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Martin Thomas Ford April 14, 1933 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Jon Michael Ford about 1938 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a brother | Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton July 28, 1941 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Barbara Jane Driskill September 11, 1942 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a brother | Harry Estell Paxton January 23, 1970 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a son | Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford August 29, 1971 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a sister | Maybelle Ann Paxton August 1, 1972 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Opal Beatrice Ford February 8, 1974 (Age 86 years) |
| Death of a husband | Verna Elmore Ford April 7, 1974 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | April 28, 1976 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Larkin Paxton Birth: May 1860 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1920 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Barbara Jane Driskill Birth: October 23, 1856 28 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 11, 1942 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 26, 1878 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton Birth: April 2, 1879 18 22 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1941 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years elder brother |
Harry Estell Paxton Birth: October 30, 1885 25 29 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1970 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Mayme Nell Paxton Birth: December 15, 1887 27 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 28, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Maybelle Ann Paxton Birth: February 11, 1891 30 34 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 1, 1972 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Verna Elmore Ford |
| husband |
Verna Elmore Ford Birth: September 9, 1884 — Union, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1974 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Mayme Nell Paxton Birth: December 15, 1887 27 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 28, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1905 — |
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22 months daughter |
Opal Beatrice Ford Birth: November 15, 1906 22 18 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1974 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford Birth: April 15, 1910 25 22 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1971 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Barbara Luella Ford Birth: January 21, 1918 33 30 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1992 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ruth Anne Ford Birth: June 14, 1921 36 33 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 30, 2009 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
James Robert Ford Birth: September 4, 1923 38 35 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1926 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Larkin Paxton - Household
Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household
Walnut Street Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household
399 Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household
West Cross Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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