Theodocia DavenportAge: 77 years1845–1922
- Name
- Theodocia Davenport
- Given names
- Theodocia
- Surname
- Davenport
- Married name
- Theodocia Short
 Birth | 1845 26 |
 Birth of a sister | Virginia Davenport 1847 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Zachery 1847 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 12 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Georgian Davenport March 1850 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | September 18, 1850 (Age 5 years) Note: Living in George Herndon household |
| Marriage of a parent | Gabriel Allen Cramar — Nancy Herndon — View this family Type: Civil marriage December 1, 1859 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | August 23, 1860 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Herndon 1866 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 22 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 22 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 24 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 | George Henry Herndon Sr December 20, 1874 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 35 years) Note: Living in J T McMahan household |
 Civil marriage | William Hayden Short — View this family April 24, 1890 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 husband | William Hayden Short June 9, 1900 (Age 55 years) Note: 1900 Census recorded after individual died |
| Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 55 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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/ |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 75 years) |
 Death | April 24, 1922 (Age 77 years) Cause of death: Cancer |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James A Davenport Death: |
| mother |
Nancy Herndon Birth: 1819 40 41 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: 1866 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 27, 1840 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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6 years herself |
Theodocia Davenport Birth: 1845 26 — Missouri, United States Death: April 24, 1922 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Virginia Davenport Birth: 1847 28 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Georgian Davenport Birth: March 1850 31 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Gabriel Allen Cramar |
| step-father |
Gabriel Allen Cramar Birth: July 28, 1824 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
| mother |
Nancy Herndon Birth: 1819 40 41 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: 1866 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 1, 1859 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Family with William Hayden Short |
| husband |
William Hayden Short Birth: November 4, 1824 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 9, 1900 — Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Theodocia Davenport Birth: 1845 26 — Missouri, United States Death: April 24, 1922 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 24, 1890 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| Census | Living in George Herndon household | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Herndon - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | Living in J T McMahan household | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Hayden Short - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Theodocia Davenport - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
Living in John T Herndon household | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Theodocia Davenport - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
Living in John T Herndon household |