Tabitha Arminta CarterAge: 81 years1858–1939
- Name
- Tabitha Arminta Carter
- Given names
- Tabitha Arminta
- Surname
- Carter
- Married name
- Tabitha Arminta Rice
 Birth | February 6, 1858 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 3 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 8 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 8 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 10 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 |
 Marriage | Wilbur Rice — View this family September 20, 1877 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Charles Otis Rice August 30, 1878 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mabel Pearl Rice September 21, 1884 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 of a child | Charles Otis Rice — Della May Perkins — View this family February 20, 1900 (Age 42 years) Note: Marriage info found at findagrave site |
| Marriage of a child | Harry Allen Perkins — Mabel Pearl Rice — View this family 1902 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 husband | Wilbur Rice January 28, 1925 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 | April 30, 1939 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rice Cemetery |
| Family with Wilbur Rice |
| husband |
Wilbur Rice Birth: December 6, 1856 — Sadorus, Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: January 28, 1925 — Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Tabitha Arminta Carter Birth: February 6, 1858 — Virginia, United States Death: April 30, 1939 — Tolono Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: September 20, 1877 — Moultrie, Illinois, United States |
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11 months son |
Charles Otis Rice Birth: August 30, 1878 21 20 — Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: January 19, 1949 — Illinois, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Mabel Pearl Rice Birth: September 21, 1884 27 26 — Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: 1951 — Illinois, United States |