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Catherine Harriet Mahala ScatesAge: 66 years18431910

Name
Catherine Harriet Mahala Scates
Given names
Catherine Harriet Mahala
Surname
Scates
Married name
Catherine Harriet Mahala Johnson
Birth March 20, 1843
MarriageLewis Henry JohnsonView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)
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 13 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 18 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 23 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 23 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 25 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 34 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 son
#1
Evarad Eugene “Gene” Johnson
October 25, 1881 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 childEvarad Eugene “Gene” JohnsonEtha Ola Missouri TateView this family
March 19, 1903 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Everad Laurane Johnson
July 26, 1905 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Mary Catherine Johnson
March 18, 1908 (Age 64 years)
Death of a granddaughterMary Catherine Johnson
July 6, 1908 (Age 65 years)
Death January 6, 1910 (Age 66 years)
Family with Lewis Henry Johnson - View this family
husband
herself
Catherine Harriet Mahala Scates
Birth: March 20, 1843Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 6, 1910White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
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