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Mary Harriet “Hattie” RhodesAge: 104 years18791984

Name
Mary Harriet “Hattie” Rhodes
Given names
Mary Harriet
Surname
Rhodes
Married name
Mary Harriet Williams
Nickname
Hattie
Birth November 5, 1879 36 22
Birth of a brotherWilliam Arthur Rhodes
September 15, 1881 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Virginia “Lizzie” Rhodes
March 9, 1884 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterJosephine Woody Rhodes
March 26, 1887 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterCallie Mae Rhodes
May 11, 1889 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterSadie Norris Rhodes
October 13, 1891 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherOffiet Bernard Rhodes
November 5, 1893 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Olen Rhodes
October 21, 1895 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam E Sandy
April 13, 1898 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
Birth of a sisterGladys Marie Rhodes
December 12, 1899 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Marshall Rhodes
July 15, 1915 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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 49 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 motherNancy Jane “Nannie” Sandy
June 6, 1952 (Age 72 years)
Cause: Pneumonia Bronchial
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 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
Death of a brotherWilliam Arthur Rhodes
September 30, 1958 (Age 78 years)

Death of a brotherOffiet Bernard Rhodes
May 17, 1966 (Age 86 years)
Cause: Left cerebral artery thrombosis
Death of a brotherJohn Olen Rhodes
July 3, 1969 (Age 89 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 66 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 of a sisterJosephine Woody Rhodes
July 20, 1981 (Age 101 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth Virginia “Lizzie” Rhodes
November 1981 (Age 101 years)

Death February 8, 1984 (Age 104 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage: June 28, 1876Rockingham, Virginia, United States
3 years
herself
Mary Harriet “Hattie” Rhodes
Birth: November 5, 1879 36 22Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: February 8, 1984Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
22 months
younger brother
William Arthur Rhodes
Birth: September 15, 1881 38 24Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: September 30, 1958
3 years
younger sister
Elizabeth Virginia “Lizzie” Rhodes
Birth: March 9, 1884 40 27Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 1981
3 years
younger sister
Josephine Woody Rhodes
Birth: March 26, 1887 44 30Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: July 20, 1981Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger sister
Callie Mae Rhodes
Birth: May 11, 1889 46 32Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: September 21, 1985Broward, Florida, United States
2 years
younger sister
Sadie Norris Rhodes
Birth: October 13, 1891 48 34Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 30, 1987Alexandria, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger brother
Offiet Bernard Rhodes
Birth: November 5, 1893 50 36Plains, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: May 17, 1966Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
23 months
younger brother
John Olen Rhodes
Birth: October 21, 1895 52 38Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: July 3, 1969Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
4 years
younger sister
Gladys Marie Rhodes
Birth: December 12, 1899 56 42Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: February 8, 1994Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

Mary Harriet “Hattie” Rhodes has 84 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (84)

Parents William Harvey Lamb + Elizabeth Catherine “Lizzie” Sandy
1Elmer L Owens18621954
2Jacob Edward Lam18641937
5Mittie Ann Lam18701891
8Reuben Samuel Lam18761950
Parents Tillman Rawley Sandy + Mary C Spader
1John M Sandy18681869
7Nancy Rosa Sandy18781936
10Jacob Edward Sandy18881888
Parents John Henry Sandy + Mariam Frances Kiracofe
Parents William Jackson Sandy + Susan Rebecca Keller
Parents William Jackson Sandy + Frances Virginia Crum
1John Calvin Sandy18731948
3William A Sandy18771881
4Mary E Sandy18791894
6Wilda F Sandy18841947
7Jacob Harvey Sandy18861985
Parents Peter Calvin Tutwiler + Sarah Ann Sandy
Parents Samuel Andrew Sandy + Mary Catherine “Minnie” Rhodes
5Cora Alice Sandy18831979
9Grace May Sandy18961923
10Lois Mary Sandy18981994
11Eunice S Sandy19041999
Parents Reuben Hoffman Sandy + Kate Vernon Rhodes
1Sandy18811881
2Claud Lee Sandy18821882
3May Vernon Sandy18831964
4Maud Lee Sandy18851986
6Loy Franklin Sandy18901969
9Ada Frances Sandy18971990
11Ruth Sandy19011973
Parents Daniel Garber Sandy + Martha Elizabeth Chandler
2Odus Samuel Sandy18891976
Parents Philip Tiffin Miller + Margaret Susannah “Maggie” Sandy
1Hattie F Miller18791903
2Ioda Alice Miller18811973
Parents George Martin Sandy + Maude Mae Brenneman
1Ethel Susan Sandy18921982
2Orpha Viola Sandy18951984
Parents Daniel Walker Falls + Mary Frances Virginia Sandy
1Anna Susan Falls18871950
2Lula Viola Falls18891947
3John William Falls19001995
4Falls19081908
5Hazel Alice Falls19092002