Elizabeth Starks1810–
- Name
- Elizabeth Starks
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Starks
- Married name
- Elizabeth Edwards
 Birth | about 1810 |
 Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 2 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Marriage | John Edwards — View this family 1829 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 22 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Birth of a son#1 | Manon Edwards about 1834 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 25 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Martha A Edwards about 1838 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Albert A Edwards about 1839 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Manda E Edwards about 1843 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Andrew J Edwards about 1844 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Sylvester H Edwards about 1845 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Mary M Edwards about 1847 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 36 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 |
| Birth of a son #8 | John H Edwards about 1848 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 47 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 51 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 57 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 57 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 59 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 68 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 88 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 106 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 107 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 108 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 | unknown |
| Family with John Edwards |
| husband |
John Edwards Birth: 1808 50 28 Death: |
| herself |
Elizabeth Starks Birth: about 1810 Death: |
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Marriage: 1829 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
Manon Edwards Birth: about 1834 26 24 Death: |
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5 years daughter |
Martha A Edwards Birth: about 1838 30 28 Death: |
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2 years son |
Albert A Edwards Birth: about 1839 31 29 Death: |
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5 years daughter |
Manda E Edwards Birth: about 1843 35 33 Death: |
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2 years son |
Andrew J Edwards Birth: about 1844 36 34 Death: |
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2 years son |
Sylvester H Edwards Birth: about 1845 37 35 Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Mary M Edwards Birth: about 1847 39 37 Death: |
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2 years son |
John H Edwards Birth: about 1848 40 38 Death: |