Pricilla FosterAge: 85 years1837–1922
- Name
- Pricilla Foster
- Given names
- Pricilla
- Surname
- Foster
- Married name
- Pricilla Henry
 Birth | February 15, 1837 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 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 | James William Henry — View this family March 24, 1853 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)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 son#1 | Jerome Cornwall Henry June 1860 (Age 23 years) Note: Birth info based on 1860 Census |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 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 29 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 29 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Joseph Tharp Henry November 6, 1869 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 31 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 27, 1870 (Age 33 years) |
| Adoption of a son | Jerome Cornwall Henry 1870 (Age 32 years) Adoption: Adopted by both parents Note: By 1870, both his biological father and mother had died. He was also listed as a "brother" to Joseph Tharp Henry in several the 1910/1920 Census records. |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a husband | James William Henry March 3, 1886 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jerome Cornwall Henry — Florence Pricilla Reed — View this family March 25, 1891 (Age 54 years) Associate: Thomas Benton Henry
Associate: Elizabeth Finley
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| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 61 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 | Jerome Cornwall Henry — Elizabeth Jane “Lizzie” Holden — View this family December 9, 1899 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Tharp Henry — Mary Elizabeth Moore — View this family January 21, 1900 (Age 62 years) Note: Marriage info found in Obituary |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 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 79 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 80 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/ |
| Death of a son | Jerome Cornwall Henry between 1920 and 1930 (Age 82 years) Note: He is listed with his wife in the 1920 Census; but, in the 1930 Census his wife is listed as a "Widow". |
 Death | September 11, 1922 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | unknown |
| Family with James William Henry |
| husband |
James William Henry Birth: March 31, 1818 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 3, 1886 — Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
Pricilla Foster Birth: February 15, 1837 — Boyle, Kentucky, United States Death: September 11, 1922 — Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: March 24, 1853 — Platte, Missouri, United States |
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17 years son |
Joseph Tharp Henry Birth: November 6, 1869 51 32 — Missouri, United States Death: January 22, 1945 — Wilson, Carter, Oklahoma, United States |
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-9 years son |
Jerome Cornwall Henry Adoption: 1870 — Oklahoma, United States Birth: June 1860 — Alabama, United States Death: between 1920 and 1930 — Oklahoma, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James William Henry - Household
Lexington, Johnson, Kansas, United States
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