Elizabeth Rowen RectorAge: 71 years1862–1933
- Name
- Elizabeth Rowen Rector
- Given names
- Elizabeth Rowen
- Surname
- Rector
- Married name
- Elizabeth Rowen West
 Birth | 1862 44 42 |
 Death of a brother | William J Rector Jr. 1864 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 5 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 5 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 7 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 | September 2, 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 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 23, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a father | William J Rector February 21, 1888 (Age 26 years) |
 Marriage | Petway L “Dock” West — View this family December 20, 1892 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 mother | Elizabeth Parham September 23, 1899 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a brother | Isaac E Rector May 17, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Ann Rector July 1, 1915 (Age 53 years) Cause: Chronic gastritis |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 of a sister | Mary C Rector July 19, 1925 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 |
 Death | June 22, 1933 (Age 71 years) Cause of death: Pulmonary tuberculosis |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brotherton Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William J Rector Birth: May 22, 1817 — Virginia, United States Death: February 21, 1888 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Parham Birth: February 10, 1819 24 23 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1899 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1839 — |
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2 years elder brother |
William J Rector Jr. Birth: 1841 23 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1864 |
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7 months elder brother |
James A Rector Birth: July 22, 1841 24 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: after 1860 |
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2 years elder sister |
Martha Ann Rector Birth: December 9, 1843 26 24 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: July 1, 1915 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary C Rector Birth: February 13, 1846 28 27 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 19, 1925 — Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Isaac E Rector Birth: August 20, 1848 31 29 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 17, 1900 — Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Drusilla Jane Rector Birth: April 20, 1851 33 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years elder brother |
Calvin Simeon Rector Birth: February 17, 1856 38 37 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Manerva Tennessee Rector Birth: about 1859 41 39 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years herself |
Elizabeth Rowen Rector Birth: 1862 44 42 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: June 22, 1933 — Brotherton, Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Petway L “Dock” West |
| husband |
Petway L “Dock” West Birth: May 1858 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1934 — Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Rowen Rector Birth: 1862 44 42 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: June 22, 1933 — Brotherton, Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1892 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
Elizabeth Rowen Rector has 55 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (55)
Parents Johnson Parham Jr + Elizabeth Betsy Brown
Parents Willaim Taylor Orme + Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham
Parents William “Bill” Parham + Sarah Brown
Parents Isaac Parham + Stacy Emma Taylor
Parents James Washington Parham + Martha Elizabeth Stephens
Parents Allen Parham + Mary Elizabeth Jones
Parents Allen Parham + Nancy Ashley
Parents William Andrew Dial + Mary Parham
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William J Rector - Household
Putnam, Tennessee
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William J Rector - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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