Willie Frances ElamAge: 77 years1852–1930
- Name
- Willie Frances Elam
- Given names
- Willie Frances
- Surname
- Elam
- Married name
- Willie Frances Pepper
 Birth | June 19, 1852 38 33 |
 Birth of a brother | Samuel Hugh Elam April 2, 1855 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | John Murray Elam December 6, 1855 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a mother | Ann Vincent Evans September 13, 1861 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Hugh Evans before 1870 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Joseph Jefferson Pepper — View this family January 9, 1873 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 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 sister | Sarah Margaret “Sally” Elam October 24, 1887 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary M Elam December 18, 1888 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a husband | Joseph Jefferson Pepper April 8, 1893 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 |
| Death of a sister | Susan Murray Elam September 6, 1901 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Ann “Bettie” Elam March 3, 1907 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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 brother | Samuel Hugh Elam December 9, 1928 (Age 76 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Samuel Hugh Elam December 10, 1928 (Age 76 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedarlawn Cemetery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 77 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 | May 29, 1930 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | May 29, 1930 (on the date of death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brown Cemetery |
| Obituary | Obituary May 30, 1930 (1 day after death) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Murray Elam Birth: November 10, 1813 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: December 6, 1855 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Ann Vincent Evans Birth: October 22, 1818 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 13, 1861 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 20, 1842 — Tennessee, United States |
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15 months elder sister |
Elizabeth Ann “Bettie” Elam Birth: February 2, 1844 30 25 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 3, 1907 — Florida, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Margaret “Sally” Elam Birth: about 1846 32 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 24, 1887 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary M Elam Birth: June 18, 1848 34 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 18, 1888 — Yazoo, Mississippi, United States |
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7 months elder sister |
Susan Murray Elam Birth: January 1849 35 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 6, 1901 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William Franklin “Willie” Elam Birth: February 28, 1851 37 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1942 — Kingsland, Cleveland, Arkansas, United States |
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16 months herself |
Willie Frances Elam Birth: June 19, 1852 38 33 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 29, 1930 — Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Samuel Hugh Elam Birth: April 2, 1855 41 36 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 9, 1928 — Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States |
| Family with Joseph Jefferson Pepper |
| husband |
Joseph Jefferson Pepper Birth: November 15, 1850 — Mississippi, United States Death: April 8, 1893 |
| herself |
Willie Frances Elam Birth: June 19, 1852 38 33 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 29, 1930 — Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States |
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Marriage: January 9, 1873 — Yazoo, Mississippi, United States |