Martha Jane ThurmanAge: 62 years1855–1918
- Name
- Martha Jane Thurman
- Given names
- Martha Jane
- Surname
- Thurman
- Married name
- Martha Jane Tollett
 Birth | October 9, 1855 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 months)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 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 |
 Marriage | Samual Washington Tollett — View this family December 4, 1873 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 daughter#1 | Xenia Catherine Tollett August 30, 1886 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 child | James Curtis Webb — Xenia Catherine Tollett — View this family February 21, 1904 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Minnie Anne Webb January 22, 1905 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Texas Ola Webb September 13, 1906 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 | February 26, 1918 (Age 62 years) |
| Family with Samual Washington Tollett |
| husband |
Samual Washington Tollett Birth: January 22, 1849 24 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 20, 1940 — Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States |
| herself |
Martha Jane Thurman Birth: October 9, 1855 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 26, 1918 — Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States |
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Marriage: December 4, 1873 — Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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13 years daughter |
Xenia Catherine Tollett Birth: August 30, 1886 37 30 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 21, 1965 — Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States |