Mary Elizabeth GraggAge: 82 years1856–1938
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Gragg
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Gragg
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Perkins
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Presnell
 Birth | April 8, 1856 29 26 |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | William Buchanan “Buck” Gragg May 3, 1856 (Age 25 days) |
| Marriage of a parent | James Obediah “Jim” Gragg — Jane Lagina Singleton — View this family February 12, 1859 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a half-brother | James Calvin Gregg about 1859 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Jane Ollis about 1859 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | July 24, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Buena Vista Gragg May 27, 1861 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Leegrand Lozina Gragg July 2, 1864 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Sophrona C. “Frona” Gragg May 4, 1866 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 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 10 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 12 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 half-brother | Nelson Gregg May 18, 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Margaret Louzena “Zena” Gragg March 18, 1872 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Celia Cordelia Gragg August 19, 1876 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | James Obediah “Jim” Gragg about 1886 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Sophrona C. “Frona” Gragg March 11, 1893 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 |
| Death of a half-brother | James Calvin Gregg about 1902 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Celia Cordelia Gragg August 4, 1912 (Age 56 years) |
| Burial of a half-sister | Celia Cordelia Gragg August 6, 1912 (Age 56 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Zion Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a half-sister | Leegrand Lozina Gragg December 17, 1917 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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 | Cynthia V Gragg January 10, 1929 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 sister | Martha Eveline Gragg May 8, 1934 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | August 16, 1938 (Age 82 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Obediah “Jim” Gragg Birth: about 1827 43 37 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1886 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Jane Ollis Birth: about 1830 — Yancey, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1859 — North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1848 — |
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2 years elder brother |
John Patterson Gragg Birth: calculated 1849 22 19 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Martha Eveline Gragg Birth: October 16, 1852 25 22 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: May 8, 1934 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Cynthia V Gragg Birth: February 27, 1855 28 25 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: January 10, 1929 — Buckingham, Virginia, United States |
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13 months herself |
Mary Elizabeth Gragg Birth: April 8, 1856 29 26 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: August 16, 1938 — Shell Creek, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Jane Lagina Singleton |
| father |
James Obediah “Jim” Gragg Birth: about 1827 43 37 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1886 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Jane Lagina Singleton Birth: about 1835 — North Carolina, United States Death: after 1880 |
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Marriage: February 12, 1859 — Yancey, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months half-brother |
James Calvin Gregg Birth: about 1859 32 24 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1902 — Carter, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Buena Vista Gragg Birth: May 27, 1861 34 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 1940 — Arago, Coos, Oregon, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Leegrand Lozina Gragg Birth: July 2, 1864 37 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: December 17, 1917 — Butler, Johnson, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months half-sister |
Sophrona C. “Frona” Gragg Birth: May 4, 1866 39 31 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States Death: March 11, 1893 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years half-brother |
Nelson Gregg Birth: May 18, 1870 43 35 — Carter, Tennessee, United States Death: November 16, 1939 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months half-sister |
Margaret Louzena “Zena” Gragg Birth: March 18, 1872 45 37 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 31, 1945 — Maben, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Celia Cordelia Gragg Birth: August 19, 1876 49 41 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States Death: August 4, 1912 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James Obediah Gragg - Household
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