Mary Elizabeth FloydAge: 87 years1833–1920
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Floyd
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Floyd
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Fuller
 Birth | June 1833 |
 Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 2 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 12 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 | Justus Gypson Fuller — View this family December 25, 1859 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 23 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 son#1 | Montgomery Fuller May 9, 1860 (Age 26 years) |
 Census | June 14, 1860 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 27 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 33 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 33 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 35 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 44 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 | Montgomery Fuller — Susan Arminta “Suzie” Baxter — View this family December 25, 1888 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Norma E Fuller June 24, 1893 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Floyd M Fuller April 8, 1897 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 64 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 granddaughter #3 | Ruth Alice Fuller 1902 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Royal V Fuller 1904 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a husband | Justus Gypson Fuller June 24, 1904 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Mary Dorothy Fuller December 8, 1906 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 82 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 83 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 84 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/ |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | July 2, 1920 (Age 87 years) |
| Family with Justus Gypson Fuller |
| husband |
Justus Gypson Fuller Birth: July 1828 — New York, United States Death: June 24, 1904 — Otoe, Nebraska, United States |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Floyd Birth: June 1833 — Vermont, United States Death: July 2, 1920 — Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: December 25, 1859 — Kirkwood, Rock, Nebraska, United States |
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4 months son |
Montgomery Fuller Birth: May 9, 1860 31 26 — Keene, Essex, New York, United States Death: February 1, 1941 — Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Justus Gypson Fuller - Household
Keem, Essex, New York, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Montgomery Fuller - Household
Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States
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