Martha Applewhite1799–
- Name
- Martha Applewhite
- Given names
- Martha
- Surname
- Applewhite
- Married name
- Martha Davis
 Birth | about 1799 |
 Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 4 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 13 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Elizabeth Virginia Davis about 1819 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Sterling Davis — View this family December 8, 1831 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 33 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 36 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Marriage of a child | … King — Elizabeth Virginia Davis — View this family estimated 1836 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Catherine King about 1837 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Rebecca Henrietta King about 1839 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Patton Lockridge — Elizabeth Virginia Davis — View this family September 2, 1844 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Amanda Virginia “Jennie” Lockridge about 1845 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | James Sterling Lockridge December 1846 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 47 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Lemuel Sutton — Elizabeth Virginia Davis — View this family March 12, 1850 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Elizabeth Sutton about 1852 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | William Wesley Sutton about 1854 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Ellenor Levonia “Ella” Sutton February 11, 1856 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a husband | Sterling Davis about 1856 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Ada L Sutton April 10, 1858 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 58 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | William B Sutton August 1860 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 62 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 68 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 68 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 70 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 |
| Death of a daughter | Elizabeth Virginia Davis March 15, 1870 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a grandson | William B Sutton January 8, 1871 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 79 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 99 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 |
 Death | |
| Family with Sterling Davis |
| husband |
Sterling Davis Birth: about 1790 — Virginia, United States Death: about 1856 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Martha Applewhite Birth: about 1799 — Virginia, United States Death: Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 8, 1831 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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-12 years daughter |
Elizabeth Virginia Davis Birth: about 1819 29 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 15, 1870 — Marshall, Mississippi, United States |