Rebecca Jane SteeleAge: 69 years1862–1932
- Name
- Rebecca Jane Steele
- Given names
- Rebecca Jane
- Surname
- Steele
- Married name
- Rebecca Jane Smith
 Birth | April 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 | Irvin E Smith — View this family January 10, 1881 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Herbert Oliver Smith June 17, 1886 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 1, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Herbert Oliver Smith — Sarah Lucille Long — View this family October 30, 1912 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Lawrence Herbert Smith September 5, 1913 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Bernard H Smith June 14, 1915 (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 |
| Death of a grandson | Bernard H Smith January 17, 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 #3 | Richard Dean Smith May 11, 1930 (Age 68 years) |
 Death | February 3, 1932 (Age 69 years) |
| Obituary | Rebecca Jane Smith (nee Steele) Obituary and Family Listing February 5, 1932 (2 days after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Akron IOOF Cemetery |
| Family with Irvin E Smith |
| husband |
Irvin E Smith Birth: February 9, 1861 — Indiana, United States Death: June 27, 1933 — South Bend, St, Joseph, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Rebecca Jane Steele Birth: April 1862 — Perrysburg, Miami, Indiana, United States Death: February 3, 1932 — Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 10, 1881 — Miami, Indiana, United States |
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5 years son |
Herbert Oliver Smith Birth: June 17, 1886 25 24 — Perrysburg, Miami, Indiana, United States Death: September 3, 1960 — Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Irvin E Smith - Household
Henry, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Obituary | Rebecca Jane Smith (nee Steele) Obituary and Family Listing
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Friday, February 5, 1932
Funeral services were held from the Akron Methodist Church this afternoon for the late Mrs. Irvin SMITH, aged 69, who died at the home of relatives in Warsaw Wednesday following a stroke of paralysis which she suffered a week ago. Interment was made in the cemetery at Akron. Mrs. Smith was born on a farm near Perrysburg where she resided during her early life. Following her marriage Mrs. Smith resided in Akron with her husband. For the past ten years both Mr. and Mrs. Smith have resided with their children in Warsaw. She was a member of the Methodist Church at Akron. Mrs. Smith has been an invalid for the past thirteen years. At that time she suffered a stroke of paralysis. Several days ago she contracted a heavy cold which caused her to suffer another stroke of paralysis which caused her death. Her husband is also very ill. He was unable to attend the funeral today. Survivors are the husband, four daughters, Mrs. Carla SHAMP, Warsaw, Mrs. Winnie MILLER, Akron, Mrs. Maude GRANDSTAFF, Sullivan and Mrs. Ethel WILLIAMS of East Chicago; three sons, Herbert [SMITH], Gernie [SMITH] and Vernon [SMITH] all of Warsaw; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey NIXON and Mrs. Charles STANTON both of Peru and one brother Siggle STEELE of Peru and twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1932 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117931710/rebecca_jane_smith |