Sarah Vandover1862–
- Name
- Sarah Vandover
- Given names
- Sarah
- Surname
- Vandover
 Birth | about 1862 24 19 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah “Sally” McGehee October 18, 1862 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Joshua Epps December 20, 1864 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 5 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 5 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas N Vandover about 1868 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 7 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 | June 7, 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Census | 1876 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 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 sister | Mary Alice Vandover April 21, 1879 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas N Vandover January 11, 1883 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Emma Pearl Vandover April 23, 1884 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Epps July 28, 1884 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a father | Micajah H “Cage” Vandover March 17, 1887 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 54 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 55 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 56 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 67 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 79 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 88 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Alice Vandover April 28, 1964 (Age 102 years) |
| Death of a sister | Emma Pearl Vandover October 24, 1969 (Age 107 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 84 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 |
Micajah H “Cage” Vandover Birth: 1838 23 20 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: March 17, 1887 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Martha Epps Birth: February 2, 1842 33 29 — Missouri, United States Death: July 28, 1884 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: about 1861 — Missouri, United States |
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2 years herself |
Sarah Vandover Birth: about 1862 24 19 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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7 years younger brother |
Thomas N Vandover Birth: about 1868 30 25 — Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1883 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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11 years younger sister |
Mary Alice Vandover Birth: April 21, 1879 41 37 — Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 28, 1964 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Emma Pearl Vandover Birth: April 23, 1884 46 42 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: October 24, 1969 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Micajah H “Cage” Vandover - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | Missouri - Census transcript - Micajah H “Cage” Vandover - Household
Butler, Missouri, United States
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