Laura SandersAge: 85 years1866–1951
- Name
- Laura Sanders
- Given names
- Laura
- Surname
- Sanders
- Married name
- Laura McGehee
 Birth | May 24, 1866 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 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 7 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 |
 Marriage | Henry Webster McGehee — View this family September 18, 1886 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 49 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 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/ |
 Death of a husband | Henry Webster McGehee September 8, 1919 (Age 53 years) |
| Probate | between January 30, 1922 and January 29, 1925 (Age 55 years) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 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 | July 10, 1951 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery |
| Family with Henry Webster McGehee |
| husband |
Henry Webster McGehee Birth: September 16, 1864 37 23 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: September 8, 1919 — South Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Laura Sanders Birth: May 24, 1866 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: July 10, 1951 — Georgetown, South Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: September 18, 1886 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
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| Probate | This is the Final Report for the Estate of Henry Webster McGehee, deceased. The Administrator of the Estate was his brother, Dr. John Webster McGehee. The Report covers the time span of January 30, 1922 to January 29, 1925.
The cash balance in the Probate Account was $4531.85 which was disbursed to several people: including his widow, Laura S McGehee (nee Saunders), and Dr John Webster McGehee. In total, they were paid $2766.01 as per a previous agreement. The remaining creditors were paid $1795.84
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