Flora Jane HaleAge: 78 years1872–1951
- Name
- Flora Jane Hale
- Given names
- Flora Jane
- Surname
- Hale
- Married name
- Flora Jane Towne
 Birth | April 10, 1872 |
 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 |
 Marriage | Elmer D Towne — View this family April 18, 1889 (Age 17 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Edna Towne August 1889 (Age 17 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1900 Census |
| 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 |
 Census | June 8, 1900 (Age 28 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira Earl Snyder — Edna Towne — View this family May 25, 1910 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mildred Lucille Snyder November 5, 1911 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Dale Earl Snyder April 6, 1915 (Age 42 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Dearborn Towne “Derb” Snyder March 13, 1918 (Age 45 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Leslie Halford Stark — Edna Towne — View this family before 1940 (Age 67 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 husband | Elmer D Towne December 2, 1947 (Age 75 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 | March 21, 1951 (Age 78 years) |
| Family with Elmer D Towne |
| husband |
Elmer D Towne Birth: September 5, 1868 — Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States Death: December 2, 1947 — Palatine, Cook, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Flora Jane Hale Birth: April 10, 1872 — Fulton, Illinois, United States Death: March 21, 1951 |
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Marriage: April 18, 1889 — Mason, Illinois, United States |
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4 months daughter |
Edna Towne Birth: August 1889 20 17 — Illinois, United States Death: August 17, 1979 — Ventura, California, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Elmer D Towne - Household
Woodland, Fulton, Illinois, United States
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