Myrtie SlaughterAge: 42 years1885–1928
- Name
- Myrtie Slaughter
- Given names
- Myrtie
- Surname
- Slaughter
- Married name
- Myrtie Edwards
 Birth | August 2, 1885 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 | May 12, 1928 (Age 42 years) |
| Family with Charles H Edwards |
| husband |
Charles H Edwards Birth: March 25, 1877 29 29 Death: September 27, 1928 |
| herself |
Myrtie Slaughter Birth: August 2, 1885 Death: May 12, 1928 |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
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| son |
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| Charles H Edwards + Jennie Richmond |
| husband |
Charles H Edwards Birth: March 25, 1877 29 29 Death: September 27, 1928 |
| husband’s wife |
Jennie Richmond Birth: February 5, 1883 Death: December 29, 1919 |
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Marriage: August 10, 1904 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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7 months step-daughter |
Ruth Edwards Birth: March 16, 1905 27 22 Death: March 19, 1905 |
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19 months step-son |
Toy Edwards Birth: October 11, 1906 29 23 Death: July 6, 1980 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |