Minerva Jane McClainAge: 60 years1847–1907
- Name
- Minerva Jane McClain
- Given names
- Minerva Jane
- Surname
- McClain
- Married name
- Minerva Jane Hancock
 Birth | April 24, 1847 |
 Marriage | James H Hancock — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 9 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 13 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 19 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 19 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Jennie Ann Hancock May 17, 1869 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 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 daughter #2 | Lela Bell Hancock October 12, 1872 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 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 | Georgia Hancock 1884 (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dr. Joseph Wade “Joe” Shemwell — Lela Bell Hancock — View this family December 24, 1895 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 granddaughter #1 | Gradie Odella Shemwell August 20, 1899 (Age 52 years) |
 Death | November 3, 1907 (Age 60 years) |
 Burial | 1907 (Age 59 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
| Family with James H Hancock |
| husband |
James H Hancock Birth: May 15, 1843 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 12, 1923 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Minerva Jane McClain Birth: April 24, 1847 Death: November 3, 1907 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Jennie Ann Hancock Birth: May 17, 1869 26 22 Death: December 19, 1926 |
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3 years daughter |
Lela Bell Hancock Birth: October 12, 1872 29 25 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1954 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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12 years daughter |
Georgia Hancock Birth: 1884 40 36 Death: 1968 |