Mary Leona “Onie” GraggAge: 75 years1873–1949
- Name
- Mary Leona “Onie” Gragg
- Given names
- Mary Leona
- Surname
- Gragg
- Married name
- Mary Leona Austin
- Nickname
- Onie
- Married name
- Mary Leona Baird
 Birth | July 14, 1873 20 19 |
 Birth of a brother | James E Gragg October 22, 1875 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Elanorah “Lizzie” Gragg February 25, 1878 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 4 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rosa Belle Gragg June 25, 1880 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Edward Grant “Eddie” Gragg March 7, 1883 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William M Gragg May 3, 1885 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Julia Blanche Gragg July 18, 1886 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a father | Larkin Roby Gragg November 7, 1889 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Susannah Green February 26, 1891 (Age 17 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | James Dalton Shook — Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Hayes — View this family February 17, 1892 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Grace Virginia Shook March 18, 1893 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Hoyle Hayes Shook August 4, 1895 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 half-brother | Thomas Tope “Tom” Shook January 28, 1899 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a brother | James E Gragg before 1900 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edward Grant “Eddie” Gragg before 1900 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 sister | Elizabeth Elanorah “Lizzie” Gragg October 20, 1920 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 56 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 mother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Hayes May 10, 1940 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 | April 1, 1949 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | April 3, 1949 (2 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Baird Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Larkin Roby Gragg Birth: July 15, 1852 41 34 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: November 7, 1889 — Viola, Latah, Idaho, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Hayes Birth: November 29, 1853 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 10, 1940 — Banner Elk, Avery, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: September 24, 1872 — North Carolina, United States |
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10 months herself |
Mary Leona “Onie” Gragg Birth: July 14, 1873 20 19 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 1, 1949 — Valle Crucis, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
James E Gragg Birth: October 22, 1875 23 21 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1900 |
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2 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Elanorah “Lizzie” Gragg Birth: February 25, 1878 25 24 — Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States Death: October 20, 1920 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Rosa Belle Gragg Birth: June 25, 1880 27 26 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 12, 1961 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Edward Grant “Eddie” Gragg Birth: March 7, 1883 30 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1900 |
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3 years younger sister |
Julia Blanche Gragg Birth: July 18, 1886 34 32 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: June 3, 1971 — Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States |
| Mother’s family with James Dalton Shook |
| step-father |
James Dalton Shook Birth: April 2, 1865 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: June 22, 1951 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Hayes Birth: November 29, 1853 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 10, 1940 — Banner Elk, Avery, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 17, 1892 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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13 months half-sister |
Grace Virginia Shook Birth: March 18, 1893 27 39 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1976 — Banner Elk, Avery, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Hoyle Hayes Shook Birth: August 4, 1895 30 41 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: November 9, 1985 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years half-brother |
Thomas Tope “Tom” Shook Birth: January 28, 1899 33 45 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 17, 1990 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Larkin Roby Gragg - Household
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