Sarah Ellen “Sadie” McConnellAge: 76 years1864–1941
- Name
- Sarah Ellen “Sadie” McConnell
- Given names
- Sarah Ellen
- Surname
- McConnell
- Married name
- Sarah Ellen Finley
- Nickname
- Sadie
![]() | April 8, 1864 |
![]() | Joseph Henry Finley — View this family unknown |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 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 |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
![]() | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 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 |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
![]() #1 | Henry Harold “Hal” Finley October 1, 1891 (Age 27 years) |
![]() #2 | Louis Ernest Finley March 13, 1893 (Age 28 years) |
![]() | Joseph Henry Finley December 24, 1894 (Age 30 years) Cause: Accidental Shooting |
![]() #3 | Mary Porter Finley January 8, 1895 (Age 30 years) |
![]() | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 |
![]() #1 | Harry Ernest Finley April 5, 1913 (Age 48 years) |
![]() #2 | Mary Frances Finley 1916 (Age 51 years) |
![]() | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
![]() | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 |
![]() | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 53 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/ |
![]() #3 | Anna Mae Finley November 3, 1919 (Age 55 years) |
![]() | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 |
![]() | Henry Harold “Hal” Finley October 9, 1933 (Age 69 years) |
![]() | January 13, 1941 (Age 76 years) |
![]() | Cemetery: Maplewood Cemetery |
Family with parents |
father |
Capt. James H McConnell Death: |
mother |
Mary Ann Allen Death: |
Marriage: — |
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herself |
Sarah Ellen “Sadie” McConnell Birth: April 8, 1864 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1941 — Nankin, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
Family with Joseph Henry Finley |
husband |
Joseph Henry Finley Birth: August 14, 1868 18 — Canton, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1894 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
herself |
Sarah Ellen “Sadie” McConnell Birth: April 8, 1864 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1941 — Nankin, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
Marriage: — |
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son |
Henry Harold “Hal” Finley Birth: October 1, 1891 23 27 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 9, 1933 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States |
17 months son |
Louis Ernest Finley Birth: March 13, 1893 24 28 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 3, 1967 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
22 months daughter |
Mary Porter Finley Birth: January 8, 1895 26 30 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 22, 1974 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |