Hester Elizabeth ThurmanAge: 84 years1867–1951
- Name
- Hester Elizabeth Thurman
- Given names
- Hester Elizabeth
- Surname
- Thurman
- Married name
- Hester Elizabeth Pitts
 Birth | January 7, 1867 28 24 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a sister | Annie Jane Thurman May 14, 1869 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 23 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Stephen Landon Thurman October 12, 1873 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Leonidas Marcus “Lee” Thurman October 12, 1873 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 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 brother | Isaac Emmett Thurman August 15, 1879 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | Robert Emmett Pitts — View this family estimated 1882 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Litton Thomas Thurman February 2, 1884 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Jane Parham October 29, 1893 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 of a father | Isaac Newton Thurman September 9, 1906 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Betsy Brown July 28, 1913 (Age 46 years) Note: All living children are noted -b |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 of a brother | John Curtis Thurman June 23, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 |
| Death of a sister | Annie Jane Thurman September 5, 1941 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Rainey Thurman April 17, 1943 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a husband | Robert Emmett Pitts July 18, 1943 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 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 brother | Stephen Landon Thurman January 10, 1947 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a brother | Leonidas Marcus “Lee” Thurman January 10, 1947 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 82 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 78 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 19, 1951 (Age 84 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Newton Thurman Birth: February 23, 1838 Death: September 9, 1906 |
| mother |
Sarah Jane Parham Birth: May 23, 1842 21 26 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 29, 1893 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
William Rainey Thurman Birth: September 27, 1861 23 19 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 17, 1943 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John Curtis Thurman Birth: September 10, 1864 26 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 23, 1920 — Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States |
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2 years herself |
Hester Elizabeth Thurman Birth: January 7, 1867 28 24 — Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 19, 1951 — Falling Water, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Annie Jane Thurman Birth: May 14, 1869 31 26 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 5, 1941 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Stephen Landon Thurman Birth: October 12, 1873 35 31 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 10, 1947 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| younger brother |
Leonidas Marcus “Lee” Thurman Birth: October 12, 1873 35 31 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 10, 1947 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Isaac Emmett Thurman Birth: August 15, 1879 41 37 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 30, 1957 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Litton Thomas Thurman Birth: February 2, 1884 45 41 — Evansville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States Death: May 29, 1963 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Robert Emmett Pitts |
| husband |
Robert Emmett Pitts Birth: September 27, 1862 — Pitts Gap, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 18, 1943 — Falling Water, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Hester Elizabeth Thurman Birth: January 7, 1867 28 24 — Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 19, 1951 — Falling Water, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1882 — |