Emma Armstrong1858–
- Name
- Emma Armstrong
- Given names
- Emma
- Surname
- Armstrong
- Married name
- Emma Wells
 Birth | about 1858 22 17 Note: Birth year/place based on 1860 Census |
 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy C Armstrong January 28, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 8, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy C Armstrong August 1, 1862 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a father | James Armstrong August 1, 1863 (Age 5 years) |
| 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jonas Clark Sr October 15, 1870 (Age 12 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William M “Willie” Emmett — Harriet Caroline Clark — View this family about 1878 (Age 20 years) Note: Marriage year/place based on birth of first child |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 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 half-brother | William Clark Emmett December 25, 1879 (Age 21 years) |
 Marriage | John R Wells — View this family September 25, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Price Lee April 24, 1886 (Age 28 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 |
| Death of a half-brother | William Clark Emmett June 6, 1906 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 mother | Harriet Caroline Clark March 20, 1920 (Age 62 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 83 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 92 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 88 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Armstrong Birth: December 16, 1835 — Indiana, United States Death: August 1, 1863 — Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Harriet Caroline Clark Birth: December 18, 1840 36 33 — Indiana, United States Death: March 20, 1920 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: March 9, 1857 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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22 months herself |
Emma Armstrong Birth: about 1858 22 17 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Nancy C Armstrong Birth: January 28, 1860 24 19 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: August 1, 1862 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| Mother’s family with William M “Willie” Emmett |
| step-father |
William M “Willie” Emmett Birth: 1830 — Skipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Death: May 5, 1893 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Harriet Caroline Clark Birth: December 18, 1840 36 33 — Indiana, United States Death: March 20, 1920 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: about 1878 — Indiana, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
William Clark Emmett Birth: December 25, 1879 49 39 — Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States Death: June 6, 1906 — Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States |
| Family with John R Wells |
| husband |
John R Wells Birth: about 1855 — Indiana, United States Death: |
| herself |
Emma Armstrong Birth: about 1858 22 17 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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Marriage: September 25, 1880 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
Emma Armstrong has 55 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (55)
Parents John Price Teegarden Sr + Mary Ann Clark
Parents Joseph Troutman + Phoebe Clark
Parents William Reuben Clark + Sara Elizabeth Hizer
Parents William Reuben Clark + Mary Elizabeth Dobson
Parents Levi Parker Foglesong + Malinda Clark
Parents Roger Whitfield + Malinda Clark
Parents Jonas Clark Jr + Elizabeth Ann McLaughlin
Parents William Thomas Stanfield + Miriam Clark
Parents Abraham S Clark + Sophia Howard
Parents James T Clark + Celia E Webb
Parents Jeremiah Clark + Julia Bruce
Parents Jeremiah Clark + Tinnie Kayner
| Birth | Birth year/place based on 1860 Census | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James Armstrong - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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