Amanda LathamAge: 74 years1845–1920
- Name
- Amanda Latham
- Given names
- Amanda
- Surname
- Latham
- Married name
- Amanda Edwards
 Birth | December 19, 1845 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 days)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 11 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 15 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 21 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 21 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Marriage | Andrew Jackson Edwards — View this family 1869 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 23 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Rosa Bell Edwards December 26, 1870 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Addie S Edwards November 7, 1872 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James Edwards May 1, 1875 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Elbert Ovie Edwards December 23, 1876 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 32 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 daughter #5 | Milen J Edwards February 8, 1883 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a husband | Andrew Jackson Edwards September 28, 1885 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Edwards — Viva Shelton — View this family 1897 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 70 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 71 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 72 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 26, 1920 (Age 74 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Elijah Latham Death: |
| mother |
Malinda Greenfield Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Amanda Latham Birth: December 19, 1845 Death: July 26, 1920 |
| Family with Andrew Jackson Edwards |
| husband |
Andrew Jackson Edwards Birth: January 22, 1822 64 42 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 28, 1885 |
| herself |
Amanda Latham Birth: December 19, 1845 Death: July 26, 1920 |
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Marriage: 1869 — |
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2 years daughter |
Rosa Bell Edwards Birth: December 26, 1870 48 25 Death: November 27, 1938 |
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22 months daughter |
Addie S Edwards Birth: November 7, 1872 50 26 Death: |
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3 years son |
James Edwards Birth: May 1, 1875 53 29 Death: |
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20 months son |
Elbert Ovie Edwards Birth: December 23, 1876 54 31 Death: October 16, 1961 |
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6 years daughter |
Milen J Edwards Birth: February 8, 1883 61 37 Death: March 1962 |
| Andrew Jackson Edwards + Arena Edwards |
| husband |
Andrew Jackson Edwards Birth: January 22, 1822 64 42 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 28, 1885 |
| husband’s wife |
Arena Edwards Birth: November 10, 1827 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 5, 1866 |
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Marriage: January 15, 1844 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months step-son |
Howell B Edwards Birth: March 12, 1845 23 17 Death: July 10, 1933 |
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3 years step-son |
William Harrison Edwards Birth: November 16, 1847 25 20 — Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 7, 1926 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years step-daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Edwards Birth: February 4, 1850 28 22 Death: about 1874 |
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2 years step-daughter |
Martha Ann Edwards Birth: February 16, 1852 30 24 Death: September 1, 1861 |
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10 years step-daughter |
Annie Laura Edwards Birth: October 12, 1861 39 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 11, 1941 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |