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Mary Mattie WhittenburgAge: 51 years18891941

Name
Mary Mattie Whittenburg
Given names
Mary Mattie
Surname
Whittenburg
Married name
Mary Mattie Hedgecoke
Birth October 5, 1889 32 31
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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
MarriageSidney Shearer HedgecokeView this family
January 21, 1908 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAllen Parham
April 26, 1915 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 motherTennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
August 11, 1924 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 brotherGeorge Allen Whittenburg
September 21, 1934 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherJames Andrew Whittenburg
October 19, 1936 (Age 47 years)
Cause: Auto/Freight Train Accident
Death July 26, 1941 (Age 51 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dreamland Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
James Andrew Whittenburg
Birth: May 7, 1857Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States
Death: October 19, 1936Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
mother
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: August 11, 1924Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
Marriage: July 3, 1879Young, Texas, United States
9 months
elder brother
George Allen Whittenburg
Birth: April 9, 1880 22 21Randall, Texas, United States
Death: September 21, 1934Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
10 years
herself
Mary Mattie Whittenburg
Birth: October 5, 1889 32 31Plemons, Hutchinson, Texas, United States
Death: July 26, 1941Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
Family with Sidney Shearer Hedgecoke - View this family
husband
Sidney Shearer Hedgecoke
Birth: October 9, 1886Crafton, Wise, Texas, United States
Death: June 5, 1961Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
herself
Mary Mattie Whittenburg
Birth: October 5, 1889 32 31Plemons, Hutchinson, Texas, United States
Death: July 26, 1941Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 21, 1908Texas, United States