Roxie O Pearson1859–
- Name
- Roxie O Pearson
- Given names
- Roxie O
- Surname
- Pearson
 Birth | October 1859 65 39 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 1, 1860 (Age 9 months) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 months)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 7 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 7 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 9 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 | July 16, 1870 (Age 10 years) |
 Death of a half-sister | Mosilla Pearson July 25, 1871 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a father | Obediah B Pearson 1871 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 |
| Census | June 15, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eliza F Eelbeck November 6, 1906 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Amanda Pearson February 12, 1907 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a brother | George F Pearson April 14, 1916 (Age 56 years) Cause: cancer |
| Burial of a brother | George F Pearson April 16, 1916 (Age 56 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery, Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 70 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 82 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 90 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 86 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 |
Obediah B Pearson Birth: 1794 30 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1871 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Eliza F Eelbeck Birth: November 1819 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 6, 1906 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
George F Pearson Birth: February 16, 1846 52 26 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: April 14, 1916 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Richard Pearson Birth: 1848 54 28 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years elder brother |
Henry “Harry” Pearson Birth: November 1852 58 33 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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7 years herself |
Roxie O Pearson Birth: October 1859 65 39 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Sarah Wright |
| father |
Obediah B Pearson Birth: 1794 30 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1871 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Sarah Wright Death: 1845 — Mississippi, United States |
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Marriage: September 5, 1831 — Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Amanda Pearson Birth: April 1834 40 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: February 12, 1907 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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21 months half-sister |
Harriett Williams Pearson Birth: 1835 41 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years half-sister |
Elizabeth Pearson Birth: 1838 44 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years half-sister |
Sarah Pearson Birth: June 1840 46 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with … … |
| father |
Obediah B Pearson Birth: 1794 30 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1871 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
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Marriage: — Louisiana, United States |
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| half-sister |
Mosilla Pearson Birth: December 13, 1813 19 — Louisiana, United States Death: July 25, 1871 — Louisiana, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Obediah B Pearson - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Obediah B Pearson - Household
Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
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