Martha HarrisonAge: 71 years1845–1917
- Name
- Martha Harrison
- Given names
- Martha
- Surname
- Harrison
- Married name
- Martha Cannady
 Birth | March 20, 1845 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 months)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 11 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 16 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 21 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 21 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 23 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 32 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr — View this family December 16, 1886 (Age 41 years) |
 Death of a husband | Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr March 12, 1888 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 70 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 71 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 |
 Death | January 12, 1917 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery |
| Family with Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr |
| husband |
Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr Birth: March 20, 1819 36 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 12, 1888 — Franklin, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Martha Harrison Birth: March 20, 1845 — Caswell, North Carolina, United States Death: January 12, 1917 — North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 16, 1886 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr + Mary Adeline Perry |
| husband |
Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr Birth: March 20, 1819 36 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 12, 1888 — Franklin, North Carolina, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Mary Adeline Perry Birth: about 1830 — North Carolina, United States Death: August 20, 1852 — North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: May 30, 1850 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr + Martha Kinchin Williams |
| husband |
Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr Birth: March 20, 1819 36 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 12, 1888 — Franklin, North Carolina, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Martha Kinchin Williams Birth: July 28, 1829 — Harnette, North Carolina, United States Death: October 16, 1868 — North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: June 20, 1861 — North Carolina, United States |
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1 year step-son |
John Wyatt Cannady Birth: June 22, 1862 43 32 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 3, 1880 — North Carolina, United States |
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4 years step-son |
Dr. Samuel Hillman Cannady Jr. Birth: November 6, 1866 47 37 — Harnett, North Carolina, United States Death: June 22, 1939 — Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr + Martha A Sarah Morris |
| husband |
Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr Birth: March 20, 1819 36 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 12, 1888 — Franklin, North Carolina, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Martha A Sarah Morris Birth: August 23, 1848 — Granville, North Carolina, United States Death: December 13, 1879 — North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: August 18, 1877 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months step-daughter |
Helen Cannady Birth: July 31, 1878 59 29 — Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States Death: November 18, 1925 — Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States |