Meredith D Gossett1840–
- Name
- Meredith D Gossett
- Given names
- Meredith D
- Surname
- Gossett
 Birth | 1840 24 19 |
 Birth of a brother | William F Gossett 1846 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Gossett 1848 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Monore Gossett 1850 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)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 brother | John Wesley Gossett 1860 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sara F Gossett 1862 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Judith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett June 22, 1863 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 brother | James Daniel Gossett October 31, 1870 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Gossett Jr. 1873 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Gross 1874 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 38 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 | William John Gossett 1885 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 76 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 77 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 78 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 89 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 101 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 |
| Death of a sister | Judith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett March 8, 1949 (Age 109 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 106 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William John Gossett Birth: 1816 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1885 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Gross Birth: 1821 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1874 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Meredith D Gossett Birth: 1840 24 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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7 years younger brother |
William F Gossett Birth: 1846 30 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Gossett Birth: 1848 32 27 Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Monore Gossett Birth: 1850 34 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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11 years younger brother |
John Wesley Gossett Birth: 1860 44 39 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Sara F Gossett Birth: 1862 46 41 — Illinois, United States Death: |
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18 months younger sister |
Judith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett Birth: June 22, 1863 47 42 — Illinois, United States Death: March 8, 1949 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
James Daniel Gossett Birth: October 31, 1870 54 49 — Arkansas, United States Death: August 30, 1958 — Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Gossett Jr. Birth: 1873 57 52 — Arkansas, United States Death: |