Martha GraffisAge: 82 years1855–1937
- Name
- Martha Graffis
- Given names
- Martha
- Surname
- Graffis
- Married name
- Martha Clark
 Birth | January 9, 1855 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 23 months)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 6 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Jeremiah Clark — View this family October 6, 1894 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 60 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 61 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 62 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 74 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 of a husband | Jeremiah Clark November 25, 1933 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | July 19, 1937 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Family with Jeremiah Clark |
| husband |
Jeremiah Clark Birth: July 13, 1851 47 44 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 25, 1933 — Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Martha Graffis Birth: January 9, 1855 — Pulaski, Indiana, United States Death: July 19, 1937 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: October 6, 1894 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| Jeremiah Clark + Julia Bruce |
| husband |
Jeremiah Clark Birth: July 13, 1851 47 44 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 25, 1933 — Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Julia Bruce Birth: November 30, 1855 44 36 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: May 24, 1892 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 28, 1873 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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11 months step-daughter |
Harriet Isabel “Mattie” Clark Birth: December 27, 1873 22 18 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 20, 1941 — Earl Park, Benton, Indiana, United States |
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4 years step-daughter |
Evalee Clark Birth: January 1, 1878 26 22 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: May 21, 1878 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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21 months step-son |
Aye E Clark Birth: October 16, 1879 28 23 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: May 24, 1945 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States |
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5 years step-daughter |
Lucretia “Lulu” Clark Birth: 1884 32 28 — Indiana, United States Death: 1965 — Indiana, United States |
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13 months step-daughter |
Ella Mae Clark Birth: January 25, 1885 33 29 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: December 8, 1973 — Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Orval Clark Birth: November 14, 1887 36 31 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: April 1967 — Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States |
| Jeremiah Clark + Tinnie Kayner |
| husband |
Jeremiah Clark Birth: July 13, 1851 47 44 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 25, 1933 — Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Tinnie Kayner Birth: January 14, 1871 — New York, United States Death: April 6, 1939 — Columbia, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 3, 1897 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Harland Clark Birth: September 21, 1900 49 29 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: September 26, 1965 — Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States |
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7 years step-son |
Reuben Samuel Clark Birth: September 8, 1907 56 36 — Indiana, United States Death: March 5, 1984 — Columbia, Arkansas, United States |
| Jeremiah Clark + Isabel Bruce |
| husband |
Jeremiah Clark Birth: July 13, 1851 47 44 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 25, 1933 — Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Isabel Bruce Birth: August 23, 1839 28 20 — Lake Bruce, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: February 23, 1916 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: August 10, 1893 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |