Ellen Dent “Nellie” SharpAge: 88 years1868–1957
- Name
- Ellen Dent “Nellie” Sharp
- Given names
- Ellen Dent
- Surname
- Sharp
- Nickname
- Nellie
- Married name
- Ellen Dent Bennet
 Birth | February 10, 1868 |
 Marriage | John Bradbury Bennet — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Hiram Wrenshall “Ted” Bennet August 15, 1896 (Age 28 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 |
| 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/ |
| 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ellen Sharp Bennet April 15, 1930 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Bradbury Bennet September 1, 1930 (Age 62 years) |
 Census | April 22, 1940 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 of a son | Hiram Wrenshall “Ted” Bennet August 18, 1947 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 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 77 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 | February 1, 1957 (Age 88 years) |
| Family with John Bradbury Bennet |
| husband |
John Bradbury Bennet Birth: December 6, 1865 — Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Death: September 1, 1930 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| herself |
Ellen Dent “Nellie” Sharp Birth: February 10, 1868 — Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States Death: February 1, 1957 — San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Hiram Wrenshall “Ted” Bennet Birth: August 15, 1896 30 28 — Fort Logan, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States Death: August 18, 1947 — Pinellas, Florida, United States |