Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” DialAge: 89 years1855–1944
- Name
- Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial
- Given names
- Martha Elizabeth
- Surname
- Dial
- Married name
- Martha Elizabeth Baker
- Nickname
- Mattie
- Married name
- Martha Elizabeth Corbett
 Birth | July 31, 1855 23 20 |
 Birth of a sister | Annie Louisa Dial September 1858 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Frances “Dink” Dial December 23, 1860 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William R Dial December 31, 1861 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Belle “Nannie” Dial August 13, 1864 (Age 9 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Alice Dial August 22, 1866 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 11 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 11 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Ida Dial December 21, 1868 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 13 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 | October 6, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ella Dial December 8, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Thomas Porter Baker — View this family September 5, 1872 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Samuel Montgomery Dial March 27, 1873 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Willie Lee Dial April 30, 1875 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Daniel “Jim” Baker July 17, 1875 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Walter Malcomb Dial June 16, 1878 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Elizabeth Baker September 27, 1878 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 15, 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Robert Gay Baker September 12, 1881 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker August 12, 1886 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Elizabeth Bagby “Bess” Baker February 21, 1893 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ida Dial February 6, 1897 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Warren Pirkey — Mary Elizabeth Baker — View this family December 16, 1897 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alice Dial January 26, 1898 (Age 42 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Richard Pirkey October 18, 1898 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Daniel “Jim” Baker — Dorothea Hamilton “Doda” Lenox — View this family January 1, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Gay Baker — Bessie Johnson — View this family June 10, 1902 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage | Edward B Corbett — View this family between 1900 and 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Elizabeth Baker April 14, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | June 2, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Henry Boyce Baker October 3, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Porter Baker October 11, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert Gay Baker August 1, 1902 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Dr. Lenox Dial Baker November 10, 1902 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | James Daniel “Little Jim” Baker Jr August 16, 1908 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker — Martha Early “Mattie” Puckett — View this family November 14, 1909 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James Daniel “Little Jim” Baker Jr November 16, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Parham 1911 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a sister | Annie Louisa Dial October 3, 1914 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a father | William Andrew Dial June 30, 1916 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 | Mary Frances “Dink” Dial April 13, 1918 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 61 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 62 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Oliver Wood Hayes — Elizabeth Bagby “Bess” Baker — View this family June 28, 1919 (Age 63 years) |
| Census | January 3, 1920 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker — Cora Pearl Newcomb — View this family March 28, 1920 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a husband | Edward B Corbett January 21, 1923 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 74 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 of a brother | James A Dial April 22, 1931 (Age 75 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel Montgomery Dial February 6, 1941 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 86 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 |
 Death | September 3, 1944 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Andrew Dial Birth: December 11, 1831 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 30, 1916 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Mary Parham Birth: December 21, 1834 40 39 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: 1911 — Texas, United States |
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Marriage: September 1852 — |
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11 months elder brother |
James A Dial Birth: July 1853 21 18 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1931 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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2 years herself |
Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial Birth: July 31, 1855 23 20 — Texas, United States Death: September 3, 1944 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Annie Louisa Dial Birth: September 1858 26 23 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: October 3, 1914 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Frances “Dink” Dial Birth: December 23, 1860 29 26 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: April 13, 1918 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States |
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1 year younger brother |
William R Dial Birth: December 31, 1861 30 27 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Nancy Belle “Nannie” Dial Birth: August 13, 1864 32 29 — Dial, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: October 1, 1957 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Alice Dial Birth: August 22, 1866 34 31 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: January 26, 1898 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Ida Dial Birth: December 21, 1868 37 34 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: February 6, 1897 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Ella Dial Birth: December 8, 1870 38 35 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: March 15, 1969 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Samuel Montgomery Dial Birth: March 27, 1873 41 38 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: February 6, 1941 |
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2 years younger brother |
Willie Lee Dial Birth: April 30, 1875 43 40 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: December 11, 1965 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Walter Malcomb Dial Birth: June 16, 1878 46 43 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: September 9, 1954 — Austin, Travis, Texas, United States |
| Family with Thomas Porter Baker |
| husband |
Thomas Porter Baker Birth: August 9, 1846 — Carroll, Tennessee, United States Death: October 11, 1900 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial Birth: July 31, 1855 23 20 — Texas, United States Death: September 3, 1944 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: September 5, 1872 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
James Daniel “Jim” Baker Birth: July 17, 1875 28 19 — Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: April 6, 1955 — Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Baker Birth: September 27, 1878 32 23 — Galveston, Texas, United States Death: April 14, 1900 — Dalby Springs, Bowie, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
Robert Gay Baker Birth: September 12, 1881 35 26 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: August 1, 1902 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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5 years son |
Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker Birth: August 12, 1886 40 31 — Dial, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: March 7, 1967 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Elizabeth Bagby “Bess” Baker Birth: February 21, 1893 46 37 — Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: September 18, 1977 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Family with Edward B Corbett |
| husband |
Edward B Corbett Birth: August 2, 1848 — New York, United States Death: January 21, 1923 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial Birth: July 31, 1855 23 20 — Texas, United States Death: September 3, 1944 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: between 1900 and 1910 — |
| Edward B Corbett + Nell … |
| husband |
Edward B Corbett Birth: August 2, 1848 — New York, United States Death: January 21, 1923 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Nell … Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| step-son |
Raleigh P Corbett Birth: September 12, 1889 41 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States Death: February 13, 1971 — Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Andrew Dial - Household
Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Porter Baker - Household
Fannin, Texas
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Porter Baker - Household
Bowie, Texas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Edward Corbett - Household
314 West Gandy Street Dennison, Grayson, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward Corbett - Household
314 Gandy Street Dennison, Grayson, Texas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Wood Hayes - Household
314 Gandy Street Denison, Grayson, Texas
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