Mary Elizabeth SkaggsAge: 82 years1866–1948
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Skaggs
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Skaggs
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Hill
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Smith
 Birth | February 3, 1866 Note: or Carolina |
 Marriage | Ben Hill — View this family unknown |
| Marriage | John Smith — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 months)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 10 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 11 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#1 | Jenny Smith November 11, 1886 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Grace Smith January 14, 1893 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Butler Allen — Jenny Smith — View this family January 25, 1901 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Clarence Edward Allen November 10, 1902 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Charles H Allen September 2, 1904 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harry Edgar Coddington — Nellie Smith — View this family December 12, 1906 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Bertha Elizabeth Coddington February 6, 1908 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Francis O Allen January 14, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Thomas E Welch Jr. November 5, 1911 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Carrie Elizabeth Welch September 14, 1913 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Pauline Welch January 29, 1915 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Richard Welch December 21, 1916 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a grandson | Charles H Allen June 27, 1917 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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 daughter | Jenny Smith February 13, 1920 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 of a husband | Ben Hill September 9, 1943 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | March 13, 1948 (Age 82 years) |
| Family with Ben Hill |
| husband |
Ben Hill Birth: November 5, 1863 Death: September 9, 1943 — Macon, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Skaggs Birth: February 3, 1866 — Illinois, United States Death: March 13, 1948 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
John Hill Death: |
| son |
Robert Hill Death: |
| Family with John Smith |
| husband |
John Smith Death: |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Skaggs Birth: February 3, 1866 — Illinois, United States Death: March 13, 1948 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Jenny Smith Birth: November 11, 1886 20 Death: February 13, 1920 |
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6 years daughter |
Grace Smith Birth: January 14, 1893 26 Death: November 11, 1967 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
| daughter |
Nellie Smith Death: |
No family available
| Birth | or Carolina |