Rebecca Adalin EdwardsAge: 85 years1850–1936
- Name
- Rebecca Adalin Edwards
- Given names
- Rebecca Adalin
- Surname
- Edwards
- Married name
- Rebecca Adalin Segar
 Birth | June 18, 1850 49 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Alicey Johnson 1854 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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 |
 Marriage | Marion Segar — View this family June 13, 1878 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 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 father | Gideon Edwards 1890 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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 husband | Marion Segar February 18, 1925 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 79 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 | April 9, 1936 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Gideon Edwards Birth: 1801 43 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1890 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Bodine Death: |
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Marriage: March 15, 1827 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mahala Edwards Birth: 1829 28 Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
William F Edwards Birth: 1830 29 Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Mariah E Edwards Birth: 1833 32 Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Edwards Birth: 1835 34 Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Susan Edwards Birth: 1837 36 Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Nancy Edwards Birth: 1840 39 Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
John B Edwards Birth: 1841 40 Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Asley A Edwards Birth: 1842 41 Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
James Marion Edwards Birth: October 25, 1845 44 Death: |
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5 years herself |
Rebecca Adalin Edwards Birth: June 18, 1850 49 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 9, 1936 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Marion Segar |
| husband |
Marion Segar Birth: 1844 — Illinois, United States Death: February 18, 1925 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Rebecca Adalin Edwards Birth: June 18, 1850 49 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 9, 1936 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: June 13, 1878 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |