Martha Melvina “Mattie” RossAge: 60 years1867–1927
- Name
- Martha Melvina “Mattie” Ross
- Given names
- Martha Melvina
- Surname
- Ross
- Married name
- Martha Melvina McMillan
- Nickname
- Mattie
- Married name
- Martha Melvina Gray
 Birth | January 8, 1867 |
 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 23 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 | John Pulaski McMillan — View this family August 28, 1894 (Age 27 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Elizabeth May McMillan September 17, 1896 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 #2 | Robert Daniel McMillan September 7, 1899 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Martha Ann “Annie” McMillan December 8, 1899 (Age 32 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Pulaski McMillan April 1, 1902 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage | William Taylor Gray — View this family August 4, 1904 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Roy Buford Gray September 10, 1907 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 43 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Alford Levi Gray Sr. — Elizabeth May McMillan — View this family April 23, 1917 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Christine Gray July 18, 1918 (Age 51 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Shelton Morrison — Martha Ann “Annie” McMillan — View this family December 8, 1918 (Age 51 years) |
| 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Louise Morrison November 8, 1919 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Martha Ann “Annie” McMillan February 9, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Daniel McMillan — Bertha Sarah Walker — View this family December 31, 1921 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Alfred Levi Gray Jr. October 18, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Robert Daniel McMillan Jr December 13, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Bernice A Gray July 6, 1925 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Billie Burk McMillan March 27, 1926 (Age 59 years) |
 Death | March 6, 1927 (Age 60 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery |
| Family with John Pulaski McMillan |
| husband |
John Pulaski McMillan Birth: April 1844 25 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 1, 1902 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Martha Melvina “Mattie” Ross Birth: January 8, 1867 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 6, 1927 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: August 28, 1894 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Elizabeth May McMillan Birth: September 17, 1896 52 29 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 27, 1960 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Robert Daniel McMillan Birth: September 7, 1899 55 32 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 22, 1949 — Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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3 months daughter |
Martha Ann “Annie” McMillan Birth: December 8, 1899 55 32 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 9, 1920 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with William Taylor Gray |
| husband |
William Taylor Gray Birth: June 7, 1868 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 19, 1938 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Martha Melvina “Mattie” Ross Birth: January 8, 1867 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 6, 1927 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: August 4, 1904 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Roy Buford Gray Birth: September 10, 1907 39 40 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: March 29, 1929 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| William Taylor Gray + Happy Booth Rumfelt |
| husband |
William Taylor Gray Birth: June 7, 1868 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 19, 1938 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Happy Booth Rumfelt Birth: May 17, 1870 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 20, 1904 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 26, 1889 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months son-in-law |
Alford Levi Gray Sr. Birth: April 2, 1890 21 19 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 19, 1959 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years step-son |
Charles Gilbert “Gil” Gray Birth: June 11, 1895 27 25 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: March 4, 1973 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years step-son |
John Curtis Gray Birth: December 15, 1900 32 30 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: December 9, 1990 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John P McMillan - Household
Civil District 4 Midway town Houston, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Taylor Gray - Household
Abbington Road Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Taylor Gray - Household
Tennessee Ridge Road Houston, Tennessee
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