Rebecca Jennie HincheyAge: 98 years1860–1959
- Name
- Rebecca Jennie Hinchey
- Given names
- Rebecca Jennie
- Surname
- Hinchey
- Married name
- Rebecca Jennie Graham
 Birth | November 9, 1860 36 31 |
 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Launa Beatrice Hinchey October 7, 1872 (Age 11 years) |
| 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 |
 Census | June 7, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Charles Bennett Graham — View this family May 12, 1883 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Bartlett Hinchey December 17, 1883 (Age 23 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 |
| Death of a father | John Burton Hinchey October 1901 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Catherine Hinchey September 23, 1906 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Jane Rice April 8, 1915 (Age 54 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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 sister | Sarah Elizabeth Hinchey September 3, 1937 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a husband | Charles Bennett Graham February 1, 1943 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 89 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 85 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 17, 1959 (Age 98 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Burton Hinchey Birth: June 18, 1824 30 30 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 1901 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Jane Rice Birth: September 1829 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States Death: April 8, 1915 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 24, 1849 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Mary Catherine Hinchey Birth: June 24, 1850 26 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1906 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Sarah Elizabeth Hinchey Birth: June 11, 1852 27 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 3, 1937 — Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, United States |
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5 years elder brother |
D J T Hinchey Birth: about 1856 31 26 — Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years herself |
Rebecca Jennie Hinchey Birth: November 9, 1860 36 31 — Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1959 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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12 years younger sister |
Launa Beatrice Hinchey Birth: October 7, 1872 48 43 — Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: March 19, 1960 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Charles Bennett Graham |
| husband |
Charles Bennett Graham Birth: April 29, 1858 — Etowah, Alabama, United States Death: February 1, 1943 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Rebecca Jennie Hinchey Birth: November 9, 1860 36 31 — Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1959 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 12, 1883 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Burton Hinchey - Household
Henry, Tennessee
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