Martha J Earls1866–
- Name
- Martha J Earls
- Given names
- Martha J
- Surname
- Earls
 Birth | about 1866 28 30 Note: Birth place/date based on 1870 Census |
 Death of a father | Alfred Earls August 22, 1867 (Age 19 months) Associate: Melissa Jane Megee
Associate: John Stephen Earls
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 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 months)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 12 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 |
 Census | July 5, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ritta Ann “Ritter” White after 1870 (Age 4 years) Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 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 32 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 50 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 51 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 52 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 63 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 sister | Sara Frances Earls October 2, 1948 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rita Ann Earls December 7, 1948 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 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 80 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Alfred Earls Birth: about 1838 — Missouri, United States Death: August 22, 1867 |
| mother |
Melissa Jane Megee Birth: about 1836 41 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: about 1857 — |
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2 years elder sister |
Nancy Caroline Earls Birth: about 1858 20 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
John Stephen Earls Birth: about 1859 21 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Rita Ann Earls Birth: March 12, 1861 23 25 — Jackson, Arkansas, United States Death: December 7, 1948 — Eufaula, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Sara Frances Earls Birth: May 11, 1862 24 26 — Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States Death: October 2, 1948 — Muldrow, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States |
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5 years herself |
Martha J Earls Birth: about 1866 28 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
Martha J Earls has 54 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (54)
Parents Daniel White Megee + Mahala Louisa Dunbar
Parents Daniel White Megee + Martha Jane Hurley
Parents Byram Edward Crownover + Mary Ann “Polly” Megee
Parents William Claude “Bill” Megee + Elizabeth Ann Cole
Parents William Claude “Bill” Megee + Edith “Eddie” Harris
Parents Stephen Jackson Megee + Sarah Crownover
Parents James Riley Reynolds + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John P Crownover + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John Martin Megee + Francis Emeline Cunningham
Parents William Jasper Guinn + Rhoda Adeline Megee
Parents Abner Webster Cunningham Sr + Nancy Caroline Megee
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Melissa Jane Megee - Household
Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States
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