Martha Jordan RoachAge: 75 years1876–1951
- Name
- Martha Jordan Roach
- Given names
- Martha Jordan
- Surname
- Roach
- Married name
- Martha Jordan Fields
 Birth | January 3, 1876 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 months)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 22 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 |
 Marriage | Robert Arthur Fields — View this family January 29, 1904 (Age 28 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Nanny Hazel Fields April 23, 1907 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 53 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a husband | Robert Arthur Fields December 15, 1948 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | September 29, 1951 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with Robert Arthur Fields |
| husband |
Robert Arthur Fields Birth: September 25, 1869 19 20 — Thayer, Oregon, Missouri, United States Death: December 15, 1948 — Cayce, Fulton, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Jordan Roach Birth: January 3, 1876 Death: September 29, 1951 |
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Marriage: January 29, 1904 — |
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3 years daughter |
Nanny Hazel Fields Birth: April 23, 1907 37 31 — Fulton, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 2000 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |