Martin Rufus BlakeAge: 91 years1866–1958
- Name
- Martin Rufus Blake
- Given names
- Martin Rufus
- Surname
- Blake
 Birth | December 3, 1866 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 29 days)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 29 days)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Virginia Ann Carneal — View this family July 10, 1890 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Richard Dennis Blake September 7, 1891 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Jennie Myrtle Blake September 21, 1894 (Age 27 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 |
 Census | June 26, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a wife | Virginia Ann Carneal January 13, 1901 (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage | America Paralee Brevard — View this family October 27, 1901 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Richard Dennis Blake — Hattie Belle Flood — View this family February 2, 1916 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Elaine Blake February 1, 1919 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Virginia Lucille Wilson August 12, 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 |
| 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 wife | America Paralee Brevard March 22, 1947 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 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 79 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 | May 17, 1958 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with Virginia Ann Carneal |
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Martin Rufus Blake Birth: December 3, 1866 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 1958 — Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Virginia Ann Carneal Birth: October 13, 1873 28 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1901 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 10, 1890 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months son |
Richard Dennis Blake Birth: September 7, 1891 24 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 4, 1964 |
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3 years daughter |
Jennie Myrtle Blake Birth: September 21, 1894 27 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 13, 1991 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with America Paralee Brevard |
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Martin Rufus Blake Birth: December 3, 1866 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 1958 — Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
America Paralee Brevard Birth: January 21, 1865 — Sharon, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 22, 1947 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: October 27, 1901 — |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Martin Rufus Blake - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Martin Rufus Blake - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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