Sarah Jane LaffoonAge: 77 years1844–1921
- Name
- Sarah Jane Laffoon
- Given names
- Sarah Jane
- Surname
- Laffoon
- Married name
- Sarah Jane Bennett
 Birth | February 15, 1844 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 22 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Marriage | James Riley Bennett — View this family November 6, 1864 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary S Bennett January 14, 1866 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary S Bennett January 29, 1866 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Thomas F Bennett May 1867 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 22 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 22 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a son #3 | Thomas John Bennett August 1869 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 24 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 |
 Census | July 12, 1870 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Margaret E “Maggie” Bennett September 1871 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Viola B Bennett 1874 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Martha C Bennett 1877 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #7 | Nord E Bennett 1879 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | June 19, 1880 (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas F Bennett — Julia Arthur — View this family May 18, 1889 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel Davis — Margaret E “Maggie” Bennett — View this family June 2, 1891 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Ralph Alois Sprague July 27, 1892 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas John Bennett — Minerva Elizabeth Hash — View this family August 20, 1892 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | John H Bennett 1895 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Naomi Bennett June 1897 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Ira O Bennett 1897 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 15, 1900 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas John Bennett — Viola Monday — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 30, 1909 (Age 65 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Riley Bennett April 6, 1913 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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 | July 20, 1921 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Worthington Cemetery |
| Family with James Riley Bennett |
| husband |
James Riley Bennett Birth: May 26, 1845 22 18 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: April 6, 1913 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Jane Laffoon Birth: February 15, 1844 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: July 20, 1921 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 6, 1864 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Mary S Bennett Birth: January 14, 1866 20 21 — Greene, Indiana, United States Death: January 29, 1866 — Greene, Indiana, United States |
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16 months son |
Thomas F Bennett Birth: May 1867 21 23 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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2 years son |
Thomas John Bennett Birth: August 1869 24 25 — Greene, Indiana, United States Death: |
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2 years daughter |
Margaret E “Maggie” Bennett Birth: September 1871 26 27 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Viola B Bennett Birth: 1874 28 29 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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4 years daughter |
Martha C Bennett Birth: 1877 31 32 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Nord E Bennett Birth: 1879 33 34 — Indiana, United States Death: |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James Riley Bennett - Household
Greene, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Riley Bennett - Household
Greene, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Riley Bennett - Household
Greene, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Riley Bennett - Household
Greene, Indiana, United States
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