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Sarah Calista “Litta” DunhamAge: 73 years18521925

Name
Sarah Calista “Litta” Dunham
Given names
Sarah Calista
Surname
Dunham
Married name
Sarah Calista Warner
Nickname
Litta
Birth June 10, 1852
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)

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 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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
MarriageHenry L WarnerView this family
October 18, 1871 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 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 45 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 63 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 64 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 65 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 July 23, 1925 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum
Family with Henry L Warner - View this family
husband
Henry L Warner
Birth: March 16, 1845 27 22Ohio, United States
Death: January 25, 1931Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
herself
Sarah Calista “Litta” Dunham
Birth: June 10, 1852Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: July 23, 1925Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 18, 1871Champaign, Illinois, United States
Henry L Warner + Mrs Henry L Warner - View this family
husband
Henry L Warner
Birth: March 16, 1845 27 22Ohio, United States
Death: January 25, 1931Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: between 1879 and 1918

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