Nancy A AbneyAge: 83 years1853–1936
- Name
- Nancy A Abney
- Given names
- Nancy A
- Surname
- Abney
 Birth | October 21, 1853 21 27 |
 Birth of a brother | Henry Lewis Abney May 2, 1855 (Age 18 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Patsy Abney September 7, 1858 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Julia Abney December 2, 1859 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a sister | Eliza Abney July 2, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jousha Abney 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sally Abney June 29, 1863 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Douglas William Abney March 16, 1864 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a sister | Julia Abney March 12, 1865 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 13 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 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | John Abney June 6, 1869 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 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 24 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 brother | John Abney October 12, 1887 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Sally Stone 1891 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 mother | Mary Polly Murphy January 10, 1902 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a father | Jesse Abney January 20, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Patsy Abney January 8, 1917 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 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 64 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 75 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 | December 18, 1936 (Age 83 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jesse Abney Birth: May 10, 1832 25 20 — Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: January 20, 1910 — Saline, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mary Polly Murphy Birth: October 11, 1826 Death: January 10, 1902 |
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Marriage: November 22, 1852 — |
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11 months herself |
Nancy A Abney Birth: October 21, 1853 21 27 — Saline, Illinois, United States Death: December 18, 1936 — Saline, Illinois, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
Henry Lewis Abney Birth: May 2, 1855 22 28 Death: May 28, 1949 |
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3 years younger sister |
Patsy Abney Birth: September 7, 1858 26 31 Death: January 8, 1917 |
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15 months younger sister |
Julia Abney Birth: December 2, 1859 27 33 Death: March 12, 1865 |
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7 months younger sister |
Eliza Abney Birth: July 2, 1860 28 33 Death: February 19, 1953 |
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3 years younger sister |
Sally Abney Birth: June 29, 1863 31 36 Death: October 27, 1944 |
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9 months younger brother |
Douglas William Abney Birth: March 16, 1864 31 37 Death: May 3, 1942 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
John Abney Birth: June 6, 1869 37 42 Death: October 12, 1887 |