Alice Martha SmithAge: 78 years1866–1945
- Name
- Alice Martha Smith
- Given names
- Alice Martha
- Surname
- Smith
 Birth | October 17, 1866 27 19 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 months)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 2 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Alvarado Raidde Smith August 20, 1869 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 24, 1870 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Wesley Smith December 29, 1871 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Hezekiah Smith September 1873 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Albert Smith September 29, 1876 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 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 mother | Mary Jane Wyatt April 4, 1879 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Josiah S Smith — Virginia Catherine Hudson — View this family August 19, 1881 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha Jane “Patsy” Hood after 1884 (Age 17 years) Note: She was mentioned as a beneficiary in Anna McGehee will written in 1884 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mary Florence Smith May 1, 1885 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Reuben Elmer Smith February 25, 1889 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Myrtle Edith Smith November 1, 1895 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Lewis Harvey Smith December 30, 1896 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 half-sister | Cecil Elizabeth Smith May 7, 1901 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Hezekiah Smith December 12, 1907 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 father | Josiah S Smith January 6, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | Alvarado Raidde Smith February 9, 1928 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 | William Wesley Smith May 14, 1942 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 | January 6, 1945 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lafayette Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Josiah S Smith Birth: October 1839 20 19 — Macoupin, Illinois, United States Death: January 6, 1920 — Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Mary Jane Wyatt Birth: 1847 — Illinois, United States Death: April 4, 1879 — White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: January 12, 1865 — Greene, Illinois, United States |
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21 months herself |
Alice Martha Smith Birth: October 17, 1866 27 19 — Clay City, Clay, Illinois, United States Death: January 6, 1945 — Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Alvarado Raidde Smith Birth: August 20, 1869 29 22 — White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States Death: February 9, 1928 — Mindenmines, Barton, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
William Wesley Smith Birth: December 29, 1871 32 24 — White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States Death: May 14, 1942 — Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
Thomas Hezekiah Smith Birth: September 1873 33 26 — Roodhouse, Greene, Illinois, United States Death: December 12, 1907 — Mindenmines, Barton, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Joseph Albert Smith Birth: September 29, 1876 36 29 — Greenfield, Greene, Illinois, United States Death: January 19, 1946 — Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| Father’s family with Virginia Catherine Hudson |
| father |
Josiah S Smith Birth: October 1839 20 19 — Macoupin, Illinois, United States Death: January 6, 1920 — Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| step-mother |
Virginia Catherine Hudson Birth: September 28, 1863 — Pike, Illinois, United States Death: July 21, 1962 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: August 19, 1881 — Greene, Illinois, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Mary Florence Smith Birth: May 1, 1885 45 21 — Roodhouse, Greene, Illinois, United States Death: October 22, 1965 — Orange, California, United States |
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4 years half-brother |
Reuben Elmer Smith Birth: February 25, 1889 49 25 — Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States Death: July 28, 1955 — Orange, California, United States |
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7 years half-sister |
Myrtle Edith Smith Birth: November 1, 1895 56 32 — Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States Death: February 9, 1957 — Stanislaus, California, United States |
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14 months half-brother |
Lewis Harvey Smith Birth: December 30, 1896 57 33 — Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States Death: May 20, 1965 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Cecil Elizabeth Smith Birth: May 7, 1901 61 37 — Kansas, United States Death: December 11, 1960 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
Alice Martha Smith has 28 first cousins recorded
Father's family (28)
Parents William Rance Smith + Henrietta Jane Denham
Parents Reuben M Smith Sr + Phoebe Melvina Stewart
Parents James Martin Stewart + Elizabeth Ann Smith
Parents William S Droke + Sarah Margaret Smith
Parents William Henry Newell + Sarah Margaret Smith
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Josiah S Smith - Household
Greene, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Josiah S Smith - Household
ED 83 Roodhouse, Greene, Illinois, United States
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