Elizabeth WatsonAge: 73 years1856–1930
- Name
- Elizabeth Watson
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Watson
- Married name
- Elizabeth Smith
 Birth | January 30, 1856 28 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Hannah “Anna” Watson December 30, 1856 (Age 11 months) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 26, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary A “Mollie” Watson June 6, 1861 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Watson about 1863 (Age 6 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 10 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 10 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 12 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 |
| Census | August 20, 1870 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Frederick C Smith — View this family September 7, 1874 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Louisa Addington January 27, 1887 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 father | Moses C Watson September 20, 1898 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Hannah “Anna” Watson April 29, 1917 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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 | Frederick C Smith December 15, 1927 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 | January 5, 1930 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Park Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Moses C Watson Birth: about 1828 — Ohio, United States Death: September 20, 1898 — McLean, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Louisa Addington Birth: about 1829 — Indiana, United States Death: January 27, 1887 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: October 30, 1853 — Indiana, United States |
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2 years herself |
Elizabeth Watson Birth: January 30, 1856 28 27 — Carroll, Indiana, United States Death: January 5, 1930 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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11 months younger sister |
Hannah “Anna” Watson Birth: December 30, 1856 28 27 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: April 29, 1917 — Illinois, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Mary A “Mollie” Watson Birth: June 6, 1861 33 32 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: October 17, 1943 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Henry Watson Birth: about 1863 35 34 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Samuel T Lee |
| step-father |
Samuel T Lee Birth: about 1821 38 33 — Indiana, United States Death: about 1852 — Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Louisa Addington Birth: about 1829 — Indiana, United States Death: January 27, 1887 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: May 24, 1846 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Nancy Jane Lee Birth: about 1849 28 20 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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3 years half-brother |
Joseph W Lee Birth: about 1851 30 22 — Indiana, United States Death: |
| Family with Frederick C Smith |
| husband |
Frederick C Smith Birth: January 1, 1852 42 42 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Death: December 15, 1927 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Watson Birth: January 30, 1856 28 27 — Carroll, Indiana, United States Death: January 5, 1930 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: September 7, 1874 — Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Moses C Watson - Household
Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Moses C Watson - Household
Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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