Martha R “Mattie” CherryAge: 71 years1868–1939
- Name
- Martha R “Mattie” Cherry
- Given names
- Martha R
- Surname
- Cherry
- Nickname
- Mattie
- Married name
- Martha R Taylor
 Birth | March 23, 1868 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 months)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 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Lee A Taylor — View this family August 19, 1888 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 daughter#1 | Lydia Lee Taylor January 28, 1899 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 | Lee A Taylor May 2, 1924 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Dello Lee Ables October 25, 1924 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 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 of a grandson | Dello Lee Ables November 6, 1929 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Shirley Maynette Ables September 26, 1930 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | March 30, 1939 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with Lee A Taylor |
| husband |
Lee A Taylor Birth: September 24, 1863 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 2, 1924 — Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Martha R “Mattie” Cherry Birth: March 23, 1868 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 30, 1939 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: August 19, 1888 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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10 years daughter |
Lydia Lee Taylor Birth: January 28, 1899 35 30 — Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 29, 1988 |