Nancy Minerva PotterAge: 85 years1840–1925
- Name
- Nancy Minerva Potter
- Given names
- Nancy Minerva
- Surname
- Potter
- Married name
- Nancy Minerva Cowan
 Birth | April 4, 1840 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 years)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 |
 Marriage | John Cowan — View this family September 16, 1858 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Martha Ellen “Mattie” Cowan June 1, 1864 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 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 26 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 26 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 28 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 | June 25, 1870 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 37 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Edward Alpheus Pugh — Martha Ellen “Mattie” Cowan — View this family January 26, 1887 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Earl Wayne Pugh February 19, 1888 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Winnie Lee Pugh January 9, 1890 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Ruth Ellen Pugh June 9, 1892 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | John Jay Pugh December 11, 1894 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Inez May Pugh May 28, 1897 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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 |
| Death of a husband | John Cowan March 1, 1900 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Leon Edward Pugh August 24, 1900 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Travis Cowan Pugh March 20, 1903 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | George Pugh June 3, 1907 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 75 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 76 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 77 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 4, 1925 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rice Cemetery |
| Family with John Cowan |
| husband |
John Cowan Birth: May 2, 1832 — Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States Death: March 1, 1900 — Dade, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Minerva Potter Birth: April 4, 1840 — Polk, Missouri, United States Death: July 4, 1925 — Polk, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 16, 1858 — Polk, Missouri, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Martha Ellen “Mattie” Cowan Birth: June 1, 1864 32 24 — Dade, Missouri, United States Death: April 13, 1964 — Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Cowan - Household
Morgan, Dade, Missouri, United States
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