Mary Etta ComstockAge: 86 years1868–1954
- Name
- Mary Etta Comstock
- Given names
- Mary Etta
- Surname
- Comstock
- Married name
- Mary Etta Frazier
Shared note: Betty Jean Carter Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | February 25, 1868 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 months)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 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | David Lemuel Frazier — View this family June 12, 1893 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 daughter#1 | Marguerite Ethel Frazier May 22, 1908 (Age 40 years) |
 Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | William James “Bill” Carter — Marguerite Ethel Frazier — View this family November 6, 1926 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Betty Etta Carter March 17, 1927 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 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 granddaughter | Betty Etta Carter December 21, 1942 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 husband | David Lemuel Frazier October 13, 1949 (Age 81 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 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 77 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 | October 14, 1954 (Age 86 years) |
| Family with David Lemuel Frazier |
| husband |
David Lemuel Frazier Birth: August 8, 1869 — Fountain, Indiana, United States Death: October 13, 1949 — Kewanna, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Mary Etta Comstock Birth: February 25, 1868 — Royal Center, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: October 14, 1954 — Star, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: June 12, 1893 — Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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15 years daughter |
Marguerite Ethel Frazier Birth: May 22, 1908 38 40 — Pulaski, Indiana, United States Death: August 9, 1978 — Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - David Lemuel Frazier - Household
Van Buren, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
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| Name | Betty Jean Carter Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Monday, December 21, 1942
Betty Jean CARTER, 15, daughter of William and Marguerite (FRAZER) CARTER, of near Grass Creek, died suddenly from a heart attack at 2:00 a.m. Monday morning. Sunday evening she attended a Christmas program at the Kewanna Methodist Church and was taken ill suddenly. She had been ill for the past year and unable to attend school.
Betty Jean was born in Pulaski county on March 17th, 1927 and attended the Grass Creek school.
The survivors are the parents and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David FRAZER.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 Wednesday in the U.B. Church at Grass Creek with the Rev. B. N. HILL presiding. Burial will be at the Grass Creek cemetery. The body will remain in the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna until 1:00 Wednesday when it will be taken to the church for the services.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1942
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65579644/betty-jean-carter |