Mattie May SummersAge: 74 years1897–1971
- Name
- Mattie May Summers
- Given names
- Mattie May
- Surname
- Summers
- Married name
- Mattie May Knight
 Birth | May 9, 1897 45 19 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 months)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 sister | Ollie Myrtle Summers April 6, 1900 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Franklin Summers November 23, 1900 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Tennessee Porter Outlaw December 30, 1902 (Age 5 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Roy Summers July 15, 1911 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 | January 6, 1920 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mabel L Knight October 11, 1924 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | James Wiley Knight March 8, 1926 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a father | James Henry “Bud” Summers June 12, 1927 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Franklin Bell July 25, 1928 (Age 31 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 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 |
| Birth of a son #3 | Ben Summers Knight March 15, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | May 15, 1940 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 | James Arthur Knight November 2, 1948 (Age 51 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1950 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Dale Knight June 9, 1953 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 |
| Death of a mother | Lela Bell January 1, 1957 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 16, 1971 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Knight Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Henry “Bud” Summers Birth: March 6, 1852 33 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 12, 1927 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Lela Bell Birth: December 23, 1877 25 19 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1957 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 8, 1896 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months herself |
Mattie May Summers Birth: May 9, 1897 45 19 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: September 16, 1971 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ollie Myrtle Summers Birth: April 6, 1900 48 22 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: October 19, 1973 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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11 years younger brother |
William Roy Summers Birth: July 15, 1911 59 33 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: July 26, 1984 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with James Arthur Knight |
| husband |
James Arthur Knight Birth: March 8, 1884 26 23 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: November 2, 1948 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Mattie May Summers Birth: May 9, 1897 45 19 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: September 16, 1971 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
Mabel L Knight Birth: October 11, 1924 40 27 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: November 5, 1998 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months son |
James Wiley Knight Birth: March 8, 1926 42 28 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: November 13, 1989 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years son |
Ben Summers Knight Birth: March 15, 1930 46 32 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: February 26, 2018 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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Private |
Mattie May Summers has 3 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (3)
Parents William Washington Bell + Florence Hinson
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Tennessee Porter Outlaw - Household
Humphreys, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Henry “Bud” Summers - Household
Spring Creek Road Humphreys, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Henry “Bud” Summers - Household
Spring Creek Road Humphreys, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Arthur Knight - Household
Halls Creek Road Humphreys, Tennessee
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