Amanda WoodrumAge: 69 years1854–1923
- Name
- Amanda Woodrum
- Given names
- Amanda
- Surname
- Woodrum
- Married name
- Amanda Young
 Birth | March 5, 1854 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 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 7 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 12 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 12 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 14 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 |
 Marriage | Charles Riley Young — View this family July 7, 1871 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 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 son#1 | Carl Richard Young August 15, 1889 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 15, 1900 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Clinton Carl Young August 15, 1908 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Carl Richard Young — Blanche Mattie Baldwin — View this family December 24, 1908 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Elton Theodore Young Sr July 29, 1913 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Vivian Blanche Young January 1, 1916 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 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 62 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 63 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 | March 26, 1923 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lyons Cemetery |
| Family with Charles Riley Young |
| husband |
Charles Riley Young Birth: January 15, 1852 — Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa, United States Death: May 19, 1926 — Lyons, Burt, Nebraska, United States |
| herself |
Amanda Woodrum Birth: March 5, 1854 — Appanoose, Iowa, United States Death: March 26, 1923 — Lyons, Burt, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: July 7, 1871 — Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
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18 years son |
Carl Richard Young Birth: August 15, 1889 37 35 — Decatur, Burt, Nebraska, United States Death: January 1969 — Fort Morgan, Morgan, Colorado, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Charles Riley Young - Household
Decatur, Burt, Nebraska, United States
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