Sarah Virginia MaysAge: 75 years1840–1915
- Name
- Sarah Virginia Mays
- Given names
- Sarah Virginia
- Surname
- Mays
- Married name
- Sarah Virginia Bennett
 Birth | March 12, 1840 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 years)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 |
 Marriage | Jacob Samuel Bennett — View this family May 12, 1857 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 years)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 21 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 26 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 26 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 28 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Walter Seaborn Bennett February 7, 1873 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | George Thomas Bennett April 23, 1875 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 37 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 11, 1880 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Walter Seaborn Bennett — Missouri Ann “Zouri” Sullivan — View this family December 6, 1896 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Hazel Ackerd Bennett October 21, 1897 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 |
| Marriage of a child | George Thomas Bennett — Lillian May Sullivan — View this family January 8, 1902 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Thomas Blenn Bennett August 21, 1902 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Mary Lou Bennett April 22, 1904 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Barney John Bennett September 21, 1905 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a husband | Jacob Samuel Bennett March 16, 1907 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ruby Mae Bennett about 1908 (Age 67 years) |
 Death | October 23, 1915 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Springtown Cemetery |
| Family with Jacob Samuel Bennett |
| husband |
Jacob Samuel Bennett Birth: August 27, 1835 — Lincoln, Georgia, United States Death: March 16, 1907 — Parker, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Virginia Mays Birth: March 12, 1840 — Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States Death: October 23, 1915 — Plain Dealing, Bossier, Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: May 12, 1857 — Harris, Georgia, United States |
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16 years son |
Walter Seaborn Bennett Birth: February 7, 1873 37 32 — Louisiana, United States Death: April 14, 1958 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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2 years son |
George Thomas Bennett Birth: April 23, 1875 39 35 — Louisiana, United States Death: August 4, 1962 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Samuel Bennett - Household
Township 23, ED 9 Bossier, Louisiana, United States
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