Mary Elizabeth BucknerAge: 89 years1872–1962
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Buckner
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Buckner
 Birth | August 4, 1872 29 26 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 mother | Mariah Melvina Bennett March 16, 1900 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 43 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 father | John Buckner October 19, 1918 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 44 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 45 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 57 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 of a brother | Samuel Lewis Buckner after 1930 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | Walter Howard Buckner September 20, 1942 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a brother | Harlan Buckner July 17, 1951 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 77 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | February 22, 1962 (Age 89 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Buckner Birth: June 2, 1843 — Richland, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: October 19, 1918 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Mariah Melvina Bennett Birth: February 26, 1846 23 19 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: March 16, 1900 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 23, 1865 — Greene, Indiana, United States |
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10 months elder brother |
Harlan Buckner Birth: September 26, 1866 23 20 — Greene, Indiana, United States Death: July 17, 1951 — Morris, Kansas, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Walter Howard Buckner Birth: March 10, 1868 24 22 — Richland, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: September 20, 1942 — Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Samuel Lewis Buckner Birth: March 23, 1870 26 24 — Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: after 1930 |
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2 years herself |
Mary Elizabeth Buckner Birth: August 4, 1872 29 26 — Richland, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: February 22, 1962 — Centralia, Nemaha, Kansas, United States |