Martha E “Matt” GentryAge: 56 years1862–1919
- Name
- Martha E “Matt” Gentry
- Given names
- Martha E
- Surname
- Gentry
- Married name
- Martha E Holland
- Nickname
- Matt
 Birth | December 14, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Thomas W “Tom” Holland — View this family October 7, 1880 (Age 17 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Charles Landern “Charlie” Holland March 19, 1883 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John W Holland March 1886 (Age 23 years) Note: The birth register lists the sex of the child as "female". Believe this is an error. |
| Death of a son | John W Holland 1888 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Gentry Nadine Holland March 1889 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Elizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland February 24, 1895 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 18, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Melvin Brown — Gentry Nadine Holland — View this family February 6, 1907 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Helen Brown January 13, 1909 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Landern “Charlie” Holland — Noma Paschal — View this family March 6, 1911 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Thomas Walker Holland March 2, 1912 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Helen Brown December 26, 1916 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 #3 | Augusta Ruth Holland October 30, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 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 55 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 daughter | Elizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland April 4, 1919 (Age 56 years) Cause: Influenza and Pneumonia |
 Death | April 6, 1919 (Age 56 years) Cause of death: Influenza and Pneumonia |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gentry Cemetery |
 Last change | August 6, 2018 – 18:50:04 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with Thomas W “Tom” Holland |
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Birth: March 11, 1859 26 19 — Hickory, Missouri, United States Death: April 10, 1919 — Weaubleau, Hickory, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Birth: December 14, 1862 — Texas, United States Death: April 6, 1919 — Weaubleau, Hickory, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 7, 1880 — Hickory, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Birth: March 19, 1883 24 20 — Hickory, Missouri, United States Death: May 17, 1970 — Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years son |
John W Holland Birth: March 1886 26 23 — Hickory, Missouri, United States Death: 1888 — Hickory, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Birth: March 1889 29 26 — Tyler, Hickory, Missouri, United States Death: October 1, 1966 — Missouri, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Birth: February 24, 1895 35 32 — Hickory, Missouri, United States Death: April 4, 1919 — Hickory, Missouri, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas W Holland - Household
Tyler, Hickory, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas W Holland - Household
Weaubleau, Hickory, Missouri
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