Florence A PenningtonAge: 74 years1855–1930
- Name
- Florence A Pennington
- Given names
- Florence A
- Surname
- Pennington
- Married name
- Florence A Coggins
 Birth | August 1855 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 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 |
 Religious marriage | Eli Harris Coggins — View this family October 1, 1873 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins October 4, 1874 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nancy Eleanor “Nannie” Coggins 1877 (Age 21 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Gertrude C Coggins July 31, 1881 (Age 25 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Elsworth Walker Sr. — Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins — View this family March 27, 1891 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Addison Pinkney Richardson — Nancy Eleanor “Nannie” Coggins — View this family October 6, 1897 (Age 42 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 |
| Marriage of a child | George F Winecoff — Gertrude C Coggins — View this family July 4, 1903 (Age 47 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/ |
| Death of a daughter | Nancy Eleanor “Nannie” Coggins August 12, 1919 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Gertrude C Coggins February 3, 1925 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 74 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 |
 Death | July 12, 1930 (Age 74 years) |
| Family with Eli Harris Coggins |
| husband |
Eli Harris Coggins Birth: 1848 26 24 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 17, 1942 — Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Florence A Pennington Birth: August 1855 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: July 12, 1930 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: October 1, 1873 — Stanly, North Carolina, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins Birth: October 4, 1874 26 19 — Stanly, North Carolina, United States Death: April 10, 1946 — Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Nancy Eleanor “Nannie” Coggins Birth: 1877 29 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: August 12, 1919 — Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Gertrude C Coggins Birth: July 31, 1881 33 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 3, 1925 — Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, United States |