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Amy Temperance TaylorAge: 81 years17841865

Name
Amy Temperance Taylor
Given names
Amy Temperance
Surname
Taylor
Married name
Amy Temperance Wallace
Birth about 1784 23
MarriageEtheldred Exum WallaceView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 9 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 19 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Birth of a son
#1
Axium Green “A G” Wallace
March 13, 1813 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 28 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 48 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Death of a motherSarah “Sallie” Best
March 22, 1834 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 51 years)
Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Birth of a grandson
#1
Littleberry “Berry” Wallace
February 17, 1838 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 62 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 73 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 77 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
Death 1865 (Age 81 years)
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father
mother
Sarah “Sallie” Best
Birth: February 1760Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 22, 1834Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
herself
Amy Temperance Taylor
Birth: about 1784 23Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: 1865Martin, North Carolina, United States
brother
sister
sister
brother
Family with Etheldred Exum Wallace - View this family
husband
herself
Amy Temperance Taylor
Birth: about 1784 23Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: 1865Martin, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:
son
Axium Green “A G” Wallace
Birth: March 13, 1813 35 29Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 1904Stewart, Tennessee, United States

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Note
Buried in Hayes Fork Creek, Stewart Co, TN - some say unmarked grave. Her parents, Joseph Taylor, Jr. and Sarah Best Taylor moved from Edgecomb Co., N.C. and settled in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky, USA. She was their second child. Her older sister, Frances, was the grandmother of Henry Hardin Cherry, the founder of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY