Lucy Theobald TheobaldAge: 74 years1857–1931
- Name
- Lucy Theobald Theobald
- Given names
- Lucy Theobald
- Surname
- Theobald
- Married name
- Lucy Theobald Atwood
 Birth | October 25, 1857 37 32 |
 Marriage | Dr. Benjamin Franklin Atwood — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Jesse L Atwood August 31, 1877 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nettie Leray Atwood Atwood December 22, 1878 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 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 daughter #3 | Lillie Dale Atwood September 8, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Felix F Atwood June 12, 1886 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Bettie Atwood September 4, 1890 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Bettie Atwood March 11, 1893 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | John Theobald March 20, 1896 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Maria E “Mary” Leister June 2, 1897 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 of a brother | Henry Theobald September 17, 1922 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Amelia C “Mele” Theobald February 2, 1925 (Age 67 years) Cause: paralytic stroke |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 |
| Death of a son | Jesse L Atwood September 29, 1931 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | December 1, 1931 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East End Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Theobald Birth: 1820 — Germany Death: March 20, 1896 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Maria E “Mary” Leister Birth: 1825 — Germany Death: June 2, 1897 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Amelia C “Mele” Theobald Birth: October 1, 1849 29 24 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: February 2, 1925 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Henry Theobald Birth: February 27, 1851 31 26 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: September 17, 1922 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years herself |
Lucy Theobald Theobald Birth: October 25, 1857 37 32 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1931 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Dr. Benjamin Franklin Atwood |
| husband |
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Atwood Birth: February 28, 1852 — Canton, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 5, 1940 — Gracey, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Lucy Theobald Theobald Birth: October 25, 1857 37 32 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1931 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Jesse L Atwood Birth: August 31, 1877 25 19 — Canton, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 29, 1931 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Nettie Leray Atwood Atwood Birth: December 22, 1878 26 21 — Canton, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 12, 1965 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Lillie Dale Atwood Birth: September 8, 1880 28 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 12, 1974 — Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
Felix F Atwood Birth: June 12, 1886 34 28 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 3, 1945 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Bettie Atwood Birth: September 4, 1890 38 32 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 11, 1893 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |