Diltha PearsonAge: 81 years1858–1939
- Name
- Diltha Pearson
- Given names
- Diltha
- Surname
- Pearson
- Married name
- Diltha Mitchell
 Birth | April 9, 1858 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 2 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 8 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 8 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 10 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 | James William Mitchell — View this family about 1873 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Bertha Novaler Mitchell October 14, 1885 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Marion Mitchell October 9, 1888 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 | William Marion Mitchell — Beulah Azalee Pearce — View this family March 12, 1912 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Bertha Maxine Mitchell October 7, 1912 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ben Wilson — Bertha Novaler Mitchell — View this family estimated 1913 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Helen Vetta Mitchell December 23, 1915 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Warren G Harding Mitchell November 15, 1921 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Jerelene Loretta “Jere” Mitchell September 8, 1924 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | James William Mitchell 1929 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 |
 Census | April 23, 1930 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | June 17, 1939 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with James William Mitchell |
| husband |
James William Mitchell Birth: 1854 — Missouri, United States Death: 1929 |
| herself |
Diltha Pearson Birth: April 9, 1858 — Illinois, United States Death: June 17, 1939 |
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Marriage: about 1873 — |
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13 years daughter |
Bertha Novaler Mitchell Birth: October 14, 1885 31 27 — Oregon, Missouri, United States Death: February 17, 1979 |
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3 years son |
William Marion Mitchell Birth: October 9, 1888 34 30 — Jobe, Oregon, Missouri, United States Death: April 20, 1968 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Marion Mitchell - Household
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