Melissa Caroline SlaughterAge: 74 years1856–1930
- Name
- Melissa Caroline Slaughter
- Given names
- Melissa Caroline
- Surname
- Slaughter
- Married name
- Melissa Caroline McGehee
 Birth | February 25, 1856 46 44 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 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 |
 Death of a mother | Elizabeth Blake 1865 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 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 10 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 12 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 | James O McGehee — View this family October 26, 1871 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a husband | James O McGehee August 14, 1874 (Age 18 years) Cause: Typhoid Fever |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | Noah Washington Slaughter 1882 (Age 25 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 | Edward Chambers Slaughter March 21, 1919 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 | June 25, 1930 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Slaughter Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Noah Washington Slaughter Birth: 1810 — Richmond, Virginia, United States Death: 1882 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Blake Birth: 1812 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: 1865 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 9, 1831 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States |
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16 years elder brother |
Edward Chambers Slaughter Birth: January 11, 1848 38 36 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 21, 1919 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years herself |
Melissa Caroline Slaughter Birth: February 25, 1856 46 44 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1930 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with James O McGehee |
| husband |
James O McGehee Birth: March 11, 1853 34 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 14, 1874 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Melissa Caroline Slaughter Birth: February 25, 1856 46 44 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1930 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: October 26, 1871 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |