Martha Belle “Mattie” ComptonAge: 71 years1867–1938
- Name
- Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton
- Given names
- Martha Belle
- Surname
- Compton
- Married name
- Martha Belle Hall
- Nickname
- Mattie
- Married name
- Martha Belle Rager
 Birth | May 1, 1867 33 23 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 months)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 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Alfonzo “Fonzo” Hall — View this family calculated 1891 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | William Smith “Willie” Hall February 9, 1899 (Age 31 years) |
 Census | June 20, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Bertha Hall about 1901 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a husband | Alfonzo “Fonzo” Hall January 15, 1902 (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage | William M Rager — View this family 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 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 husband | William M Rager December 14, 1917 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 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 50 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/ |
| Census | January 22, 1920 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 |
| Census | April 10, 1930 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | November 22, 1938 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas H Compton Birth: about 1834 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Sidney Hensley Birth: about 1844 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
William W Compton Birth: January 1864 30 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 10, 1941 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years herself |
Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton Birth: May 1, 1867 33 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 22, 1938 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Alfonzo “Fonzo” Hall |
| husband |
Alfonzo “Fonzo” Hall Birth: March 6, 1864 39 35 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 1902 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton Birth: May 1, 1867 33 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 22, 1938 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1891 — |
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8 years son |
William Smith “Willie” Hall Birth: February 9, 1899 34 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 8, 1942 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Bertha Hall Birth: about 1901 36 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Family with William M Rager |
| husband |
William M Rager Birth: January 1, 1847 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 14, 1917 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton Birth: May 1, 1867 33 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 22, 1938 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1910 — |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Alfonzo “Fonzo” Hall - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William M Rager - Household
Allegre, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William W Compton - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton - Household
Farm Greenville Road Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton - Household
Allegre, Todd, Kentucky
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