Elizabeth FinleyAge: 29 years1841–1870
- Name
- Elizabeth Finley
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Finley
- Married name
- Elizabeth Henry
 Birth | 1841 |
 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 | Thomas Benton Henry — View this family April 15, 1858 (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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Jerome Cornwall Henry June 1860 (Age 19 years) Note: Birth info based on 1860 Census |
 Census | August 1, 1860 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Benton Henry April 23, 1864 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 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 |
| Adoption of a son | Jerome Cornwall Henry 1870 (Age 29 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. |
 Death | May 17, 1870 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage | Jerome Cornwall Henry — Florence Pricilla Reed — View this family March 25, 1891 (20 years after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Henry Cemetery |
| Family with Thomas Benton Henry |
| husband |
Thomas Benton Henry Birth: 1837 — Henryville, Marshall, Alabama, United States Death: April 23, 1864 — Henryville, Marshall, Alabama, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Finley Birth: 1841 — Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama, United States Death: May 17, 1870 — Henryville, Marshall, Alabama, United States |
|
Marriage: April 15, 1858 — Marshall, Alabama, United States |
|
|
2 years son |
Jerome Cornwall Henry Adoption: 1870 — Oklahoma, United States Birth: June 1860 — Alabama, United States Death: between 1920 and 1930 — Oklahoma, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Benton Henry - Household
Fraet, Marshall, Alabama, United States
|