Lucretia NeelAge: 84 years1838–1922
- Name
- Lucretia Neel
- Given names
- Lucretia
- Surname
- Neel
- Married name
- Lucretia Fort
- Married name
- Lucretia Whitley
 Birth | about 1838 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 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 |
 Marriage | Josiah Whitley — View this family September 2, 1857 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Melissa Jane Whitley April 25, 1859 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 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 23 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 29 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 29 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 31 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Peter Paul Winthrop Leinneweber — Melissa Jane Whitley — View this family December 25, 1874 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Charles Claude Leinneweber July 29, 1876 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Laura Frances Leinneweber February 12, 1882 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Josie Leinneweber April 1885 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Louella May Leinneweber May 13, 1888 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Nora Leinneweber November 1890 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Willie Leinneweber March 1893 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a husband | Josiah Whitley about 1893 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Johnnie Leinneweber March 1897 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage | Henry Horn Fort — View this family September 1, 1897 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 grandson #8 | Winthrop Leinneweber 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 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 79 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 80 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 | September 4, 1922 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pearsall Cemetery |
| Family with Josiah Whitley |
| husband |
Josiah Whitley Birth: about 1840 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1893 — Rossville, Atascosa, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Lucretia Neel Birth: about 1838 — Craighead, Arkansas, United States Death: September 4, 1922 — Pearsall, Frio, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: September 2, 1857 — Gillespie, Texas, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Melissa Jane Whitley Birth: April 25, 1859 19 21 — Texas, United States Death: March 23, 1923 — Pearsall, Frio, Texas, United States |
| Family with Henry Horn Fort |
| husband |
Henry Horn Fort Birth: September 2, 1837 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 5, 1923 — Dilley, Frio, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Lucretia Neel Birth: about 1838 — Craighead, Arkansas, United States Death: September 4, 1922 — Pearsall, Frio, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: September 1, 1897 — Frio, Texas, United States |