Sarah BurkettAge: 89 years1849–1939
- Name
- Sarah Burkett
- Given names
- Sarah
- Surname
- Burkett
- Married name
- Sarah Hardy
 Birth | March 26, 1849 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)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 12 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 17 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 17 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 19 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 |
 Marriage | George C Hardy — View this family November 6, 1873 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Frank Victor Hardy August 28, 1876 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 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 1, 1880 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Frank Victor Hardy — Bertha M Light — View this family December 28, 1898 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Harold F Hardy November 9, 1899 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Herbert Light Hardy February 19, 1902 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Sarah Naomi Hardy May 13, 1907 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 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 husband | George C Hardy February 20, 1917 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 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 68 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 80 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 |
| Census | April 25, 1930 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a son | Frank Victor Hardy September 16, 1938 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | March 4, 1939 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crooked Creek Christian Cemetery |
| Family with George C Hardy |
| husband |
George C Hardy Birth: January 13, 1849 — Indiana, United States Death: February 20, 1917 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Burkett Birth: March 26, 1849 — Indiana, United States Death: March 4, 1939 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 6, 1873 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years son |
Frank Victor Hardy Birth: August 28, 1876 27 27 — Indiana, United States Death: September 16, 1938 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - George C Hardy - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Frank Victor Hardy - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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