Eudora G “Puss” HesterAge: 85 years1844–1929
- Name
- Eudora G “Puss” Hester
- Given names
- Eudora G
- Surname
- Hester
- Married name
- Eudora G Cushman
- Nickname
- Puss
 Birth | January 11, 1844 39 34 |
 Birth of a sister | Frances Mae “Mack” Hester September 18, 1847 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 23 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a brother | Richard M “Dick” Hester March 29, 1850 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Shemwell Hester April 1850 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | August 8, 1850 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mariam Jones “Milly” Whatley October 16, 1858 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | August 10, 1860 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a sister | Fredonia Hester September 25, 1862 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Hester February 5, 1864 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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 22 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 22 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 24 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 | September 8, 1870 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | John Oscar Cushman — View this family May 12, 1879 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell November 14, 1880 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry James Hester about 1881 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary E Cushman December 29, 1885 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edmund Garner Hester March 3, 1886 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 |
| Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert A Hester November 9, 1901 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | June 9, 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Oscar Cushman December 14, 1915 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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 | Joseph Anderson “Anse” Hester January 27, 1924 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a sister | Frances Mae “Mack” Hester February 14, 1926 (Age 82 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Ben Tipton Moss June 2, 1926 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | July 16, 1929 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Hester Birth: March 16, 1804 22 22 — Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States Death: February 5, 1864 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell Birth: August 15, 1809 26 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1880 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1826 — |
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15 months elder brother |
Edmund Garner Hester Birth: March 25, 1827 23 17 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 3, 1886 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Henry James Hester Birth: about 1829 24 19 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: about 1881 |
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2 years elder brother |
Robert A Hester Birth: February 1831 26 21 Death: November 9, 1901 — Layfaette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Martha Shemwell Hester Birth: December 6, 1835 31 26 Death: April 1850 |
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18 months elder brother |
Joseph Anderson “Anse” Hester Birth: May 25, 1837 33 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 1924 — Lake, Stark, Ohio, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Fredonia Hester Birth: April 16, 1839 35 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 25, 1862 |
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3 years elder brother |
Samuel Buford Hester Birth: October 5, 1841 37 32 — Lafayette, Kentucky, United States Death: September 13, 1932 — Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years herself |
Eudora G “Puss” Hester Birth: January 11, 1844 39 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 1929 — Hopkinvsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Frances Mae “Mack” Hester Birth: September 18, 1847 43 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 14, 1926 — Hopkinvsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Richard M “Dick” Hester Birth: March 29, 1850 46 40 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 14, 1935 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with John Oscar Cushman |
| husband |
John Oscar Cushman Birth: August 16, 1831 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 14, 1915 — Hopkinvsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Eudora G “Puss” Hester Birth: January 11, 1844 39 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 1929 — Hopkinvsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: May 12, 1879 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Mary E Cushman Birth: December 29, 1885 54 41 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1961 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Hester - Household
Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Hester - Household
Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Eleanor Kittrell Shemwell - Household
Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Oscar Cushman - Household
Casky, Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Oscar Cushman - Household
Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Oscar Cushman - Household
610 OvalnutStreet Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky
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