Eudora “Dora” MossAge: 68 years1856–1924
- Name
- Eudora “Dora” Moss
- Given names
- Eudora
- Nickname
- Dora
- Surname
- Moss
- Married name
- Eudora Hester
 Birth | March 12, 1856 31 24 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 months)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 5 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 10 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 10 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 12 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Richard M “Dick” Hester — View this family calculated 1882 (Age 25 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Etta N Hester June 2, 1885 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Eugene William Hester July 25, 1888 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Robert Mack Hester April 6, 1892 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 |
 Census | June 19, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | Robert Macon Moss April 11, 1904 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a mother | Henrietta L Clardy October 28, 1906 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Richard M Hester September 2, 1908 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Eugene William Hester — Betty “Betsy” Magraw — View this family calculated 1908 (Age 51 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Magraw Hester January 13, 1911 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | James William Hester December 3, 1913 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Sarah E Hester July 3, 1918 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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/ |
| Census | February 23, 1920 (Age 63 years) |
 Death | July 30, 1924 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Powell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert Macon Moss Birth: January 9, 1825 — Warren, North Carolina, United States Death: April 11, 1904 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Henrietta L Clardy Birth: May 27, 1831 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 28, 1906 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Eudora “Dora” Moss Birth: March 12, 1856 31 24 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1924 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Richard M “Dick” Hester |
| husband |
Richard M “Dick” Hester Birth: March 29, 1850 46 40 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 14, 1935 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Eudora “Dora” Moss Birth: March 12, 1856 31 24 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1924 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1882 — |
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3 years daughter |
Etta N Hester Birth: June 2, 1885 35 29 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: October 8, 1974 — Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States |
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3 years son |
Eugene William Hester Birth: July 25, 1888 38 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 23, 1949 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Robert Mack Hester Birth: April 6, 1892 42 36 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 9, 1929 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Richard M Hester - Household
Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Richard M Hester - Household
1002 Broadway Mayfield, Graves, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Richard M “Dick” Hester - Household
Main St. Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky
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