Clara Belle WilhiteAge: 75 years1862–1938
- Name
- Clara Belle Wilhite
- Given names
- Clara Belle
- Surname
- Wilhite
- Married name
- Clara Belle Cottle
 Birth | November 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 | Nathaniel Francis “Frank” Cottle — View this family June 19, 1881 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Edna Belle Cottle January 6, 1896 (Age 33 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 |
 Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lewis Guy Troutman — Edna Belle Cottle — View this family about 1913 (Age 50 years) Note: Marriage year/place based on when first child, Ersel, was born |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ersel Belle Troutman March 20, 1914 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Thelma Marie Troutman April 14, 1915 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a husband | Nathaniel Francis “Frank” Cottle 1916 (Age 53 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Jessie Pearl Troutman January 9, 1917 (Age 54 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 grandson #4 | Lewis Wendell Troutman October 16, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Charles Edwin “Charlie” Troutman December 30, 1926 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | David Lee Troutman December 25, 1931 (Age 69 years) |
 Death | 1938 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Attebery Cemetery |
| Family with Nathaniel Francis “Frank” Cottle |
| husband |
Nathaniel Francis “Frank” Cottle Birth: April 16, 1857 — Monroe, Michigan, United States Death: 1916 — Jackson, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Clara Belle Wilhite Birth: November 1862 — Illinois, United States Death: 1938 — South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: June 19, 1881 — Washington, Anderson, Kansas, United States |
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15 years daughter |
Edna Belle Cottle Birth: January 6, 1896 38 33 — Washington, Anderson, Kansas, United States Death: February 13, 1965 — Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Nathaniel Francis “Frank” Cottle - Household
Washington, Anderson, Kansas, United States
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