Mary Adeline WhitenerAge: 79 years1866–1945
- Name
- Mary Adeline Whitener
- Given names
- Mary Adeline
- Surname
- Whitener
- Married name
- Mary Adeline Ward
 Birth | March 3, 1866 |
 Marriage | Rev. William Daniel Ward — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 9 months)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 9 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 11 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#1 | Amy Bell Ward March 24, 1883 (Age 17 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Obadiah “Obe” Megehee — Amy Bell Ward — View this family March 15, 1896 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Franklin Megehee April 19, 1897 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 grandson #2 | John Elbert Megehee July 10, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Bertha Belle Megehee November 1, 1902 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Daniel Floyd Megehee October 4, 1905 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Jesse Leander Megehee August 26, 1907 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Clifford Marion Megehee April 26, 1912 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Rubye Dorine “Dee” Megehee May 7, 1915 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a husband | Rev. William Daniel Ward October 12, 1918 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 5, 1930 (Age 64 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 |
 Death | August 24, 1945 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with Rev. William Daniel Ward |
| husband |
Rev. William Daniel Ward Birth: May 26, 1844 — Fayette, Alabama, United States Death: October 12, 1918 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
Mary Adeline Whitener Birth: March 3, 1866 — Sevier, Arkansas, United States Death: August 24, 1945 — Blanchard, McClain, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Amy Bell Ward Birth: March 24, 1883 38 17 — Love, Oklahoma, United States Death: June 27, 1978 — Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Obadiah “Obe” McGehee - Household
Burnett, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Obadiah “Obe” McGehee - Household
Burnett, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
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