Martha Elizabeth ChandlerAge: 84 years1855–1940
- Name
- Martha Elizabeth Chandler
- Given names
- Martha Elizabeth
- Surname
- Chandler
- Married name
- Martha Elizabeth Sandy
 Birth | November 16, 1855 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 years)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 11 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 11 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 13 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 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Daniel Garber Sandy — View this family December 18, 1879 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Rawley Edward Sandy February 2, 1886 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Odus Samuel Sandy September 15, 1889 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Joseph Whitfield Sandy January 13, 1895 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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/ |
| Death of a husband | Daniel Garber Sandy October 17, 1927 (Age 71 years) Cause: Uremia |
| Burial of a husband | Daniel Garber Sandy October 19, 1927 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 | April 18, 1940 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | April 19, 1940 (1 day after death) |
| Family with Daniel Garber Sandy |
| husband |
Daniel Garber Sandy Birth: May 5, 1852 39 32 — Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: October 17, 1927 — Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
| herself |
Martha Elizabeth Chandler Birth: November 16, 1855 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: April 18, 1940 — Moffatts Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: December 18, 1879 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
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6 years son |
Rawley Edward Sandy Birth: February 2, 1886 33 30 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: September 24, 1978 — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States |
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4 years son |
Odus Samuel Sandy Birth: September 15, 1889 37 33 — Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: November 18, 1976 — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States |
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5 years son |
Joseph Whitfield Sandy Birth: January 13, 1895 42 39 — Friedens, Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: December 10, 1975 — Waynesboro, Virginia, United States |