Martha Ellen WestAge: 64 years1862–1927
- Name
- Martha Ellen West
- Given names
- Martha Ellen
- Surname
- West
- Married name
- Martha Ellen Underwood
 Birth | May 9, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | James Henry Thompson Underwood — View this family June 22, 1879 (Age 17 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Henry Thomas “Tom” Underwood June 26, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mollie Ella Underwood July 11, 1882 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Franklin Underwood April 15, 1885 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | James Lorenzo Underwood July 10, 1887 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mollie Ella Underwood December 31, 1888 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Ethel Lura Underwood March 6, 1891 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 son | James Lorenzo Underwood August 1902 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Thomas “Tom” Underwood — Anna Barrett “Annie” Jones — View this family October 15, 1902 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Franklin Underwood — Margaret Virginia King — View this family March 19, 1906 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Carmen Lorell Underwood August 20, 1907 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ruby Lillian Underwood May 15, 1909 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Thelma Mae Underwood January 18, 1911 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | William Herman Underwood May 29, 1915 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | James Thurman Underwood July 20, 1916 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a grandson | James Thurman Underwood October 16, 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 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 55 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 granddaughter #6 | Margaret Virginia Underwood April 11, 1919 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a son | Henry Thomas “Tom” Underwood June 22, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Evans Jones — Ethel Lura Underwood — View this family September 7, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Infant Underwood October 16, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Infant Underwood October 16, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Ila Jewell Underwood September 25, 1921 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Beulah Ruth Underwood September 24, 1924 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Henry Thompson Underwood July 12, 1925 (Age 63 years) |
 Death | February 12, 1927 (Age 64 years) |
| Obituary | Obituary February 14, 1927 (2 days after death) |
| Family with James Henry Thompson Underwood |
| husband |
James Henry Thompson Underwood Birth: February 29, 1852 30 29 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 12, 1925 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Ellen West Birth: May 9, 1862 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 12, 1927 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: June 22, 1879 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year son |
Henry Thomas “Tom” Underwood Birth: June 26, 1880 28 18 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: June 22, 1920 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mollie Ella Underwood Birth: July 11, 1882 30 20 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: December 31, 1888 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
William Franklin Underwood Birth: April 15, 1885 33 22 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 23, 1973 — Bannock, Idaho, United States |
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2 years son |
James Lorenzo Underwood Birth: July 10, 1887 35 25 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: August 1902 |
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4 years daughter |
Ethel Lura Underwood Birth: March 6, 1891 39 28 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 24, 1976 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| James Henry Thompson Underwood + Alice Knight |
| husband |
James Henry Thompson Underwood Birth: February 29, 1852 30 29 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 12, 1925 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Alice Knight Birth: about 1854 Death: about 1877 |
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Marriage: about 1873 — |
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2 years step-daughter |
Laura Alice K Underwood Birth: about 1874 21 20 Death: about 1905 |