Mary C RectorAge: 79 years1846–1925
- Name
- Mary C Rector
- Given names
- Mary C
- Surname
- Rector
- Married name
- Mary C Cooper
 Birth | February 13, 1846 28 27 |
 Marriage | Overton McDonald Cooper — View this family unknown |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Johnson Parham May 5, 1846 (Age 2 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Isaac E Rector August 20, 1848 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 |
 Census | October 10, 1850 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Drusilla Jane Rector April 20, 1851 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Calvin Simeon Rector February 17, 1856 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 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 sister | Manerva Tennessee Rector about 1859 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | June 28, 1860 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a brother | James A Rector after 1860 (Age 13 years) Note: Can't find James after 1860 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Rowen Rector 1862 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a brother | William J Rector Jr. 1864 (Age 17 years) |
| 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 20 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 20 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 22 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 31 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a father | William J Rector February 21, 1888 (Age 42 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 |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Parham September 23, 1899 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | Isaac E Rector May 17, 1900 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Ann Rector July 1, 1915 (Age 69 years) Cause: Chronic gastritis |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 69 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 70 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 71 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 19, 1925 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mission Garden of Memories 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 herself |
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 younger 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 younger sister |
Drusilla Jane Rector Birth: April 20, 1851 33 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Calvin Simeon Rector Birth: February 17, 1856 38 37 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Manerva Tennessee Rector Birth: about 1859 41 39 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Rowen Rector Birth: 1862 44 42 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: June 22, 1933 — Brotherton, Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Overton McDonald Cooper |
| husband |
Overton McDonald Cooper Birth: August 1844 Death: November 20, 1927 |
| herself |
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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Marriage: — |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - William J Rector - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William J Rector - Household
Putnam, Tennessee
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