Martha J WeaverAge: 75 years1841–1916
- Name
- Martha J Weaver
- Given names
- Martha J
- Surname
- Weaver
- Married name
- Martha J Jones
 Birth | January 1841 31 31 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 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 |
 Death of a mother | Amelia Evans before 1850 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 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 20 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 26 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 26 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 28 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 37 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 57 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 75 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death | September 7, 1916 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William A Weaver Birth: about 1810 — Virginia, United States Death: |
| mother |
Amelia Evans Birth: about 1810 57 47 — Tennessee, United States Death: before 1850 |
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Marriage: May 16, 1832 — Sumner, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Hester A E Weaver Birth: about 1833 23 23 — Sumner, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
Henry Hamilton Weaver Birth: May 22, 1837 27 27 — Sumner, Tennessee, United States Death: May 31, 1930 — Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, United States |
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4 years herself |
Martha J Weaver Birth: January 1841 31 31 — Alabama, United States Death: September 7, 1916 — Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, United States |