Evelyn King “Eva” ElderAge: 83 years1863–1947
- Name
- Evelyn King “Eva” Elder
- Given names
- Evelyn King
- Surname
- Elder
- Nickname
- Eva
- Married name
- Evelyn King Hinch
 Birth | August 23, 1863 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 |
 Marriage | John Harmon Hinch — View this family after 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 66 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 78 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 husband | John Harmon Hinch January 11, 1946 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 82 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 12, 1947 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery |
| Family with John Harmon Hinch |
| husband |
John Harmon Hinch Birth: August 29, 1862 28 17 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 11, 1946 — Coffee, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Evelyn King “Eva” Elder Birth: August 23, 1863 — Rutherford, Tennessee, United States Death: February 12, 1947 — Coffee, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: after 1910 — |
| John Harmon Hinch + Louisa Alice Johnson |
| husband |
John Harmon Hinch Birth: August 29, 1862 28 17 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 11, 1946 — Coffee, Tennessee, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Louisa Alice Johnson Birth: October 8, 1859 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 23, 1910 |
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Marriage: December 25, 1881 — Sequatchie, Marion, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years step-son |
Clyde Emmett Hinch Birth: January 23, 1884 21 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 27, 1942 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States |
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2 years step-son |
Curt Reese Hinch Birth: April 17, 1886 23 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 1972 — Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States |