William Haywood MartinAge: 61 years1860–1922
- Name
- William Haywood Martin
- Given names
- William Haywood
- Surname
- Martin
 Birth | November 11, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 months)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 6 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 6 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 8 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Emma Mitchell “Mittie” McMillan — View this family May 9, 1888 (Age 27 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | William Haywood Martin November 18, 1890 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Eula Eleanor Martin June 1, 1895 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 son #3 | James D Martin November 30, 1898 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Grady McMIllan Martin November 28, 1905 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 | October 4, 1922 (Age 61 years) |
| Family with Emma Mitchell “Mittie” McMillan |
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William Haywood Martin Birth: November 11, 1860 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: October 4, 1922 — Bath Springs, Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Emma Mitchell “Mittie” McMillan Birth: June 13, 1865 27 21 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: September 7, 1950 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 9, 1888 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
William Haywood Martin Birth: November 18, 1890 30 25 — Bath Springs, Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years daughter |
Eula Eleanor Martin Birth: June 1, 1895 34 29 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years son |
James D Martin Birth: November 30, 1898 38 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 27, 1929 — Bath Springs, Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years son |
Grady McMIllan Martin Birth: November 28, 1905 45 40 — Bath Springs, Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: March 9, 1960 — Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States |