Berry O Wilkerson1865–
- Name
- Berry O Wilkerson
- Given names
- Berry O
- Surname
- Wilkerson
 Birth | 1865 20 |
 Marriage of parents | Daniel Webster Wilkerson Sr. — Sara Jane Weever — View this family January 20, 1867 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 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 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 |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | Daniel Webster Wilkerson Sr. — Judith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett — View this family April 5, 1879 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Cora Wilkerson January 11, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Nora May Wilkerson December 3, 1881 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Flora May Wilkerson May 14, 1883 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Nora May Wilkerson February 18, 1884 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Cora Wilkerson July 30, 1884 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Daniel Webster Wilkerson October 8, 1885 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Death of a half-sister | Flora May Wilkerson January 4, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Historical Event | 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 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 76 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 half-brother | Daniel Webster Wilkerson August 29, 1953 (Age 88 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 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 |
Daniel Webster Wilkerson Sr. Birth: 1845 Death: |
| mother |
Sara Jane Weever Death: |
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Marriage: January 20, 1867 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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-6 years elder brother |
James W Wilkerson Birth: 1860 15 Death: |
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6 years himself |
Berry O Wilkerson Birth: 1865 20 Death: |
| Father’s family with Judith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett |
| father |
Daniel Webster Wilkerson Sr. Birth: 1845 Death: |
| step-mother |
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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Marriage: April 5, 1879 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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9 months half-sister |
Cora Wilkerson Birth: January 11, 1880 35 16 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: July 30, 1884 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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23 months half-sister |
Nora May Wilkerson Birth: December 3, 1881 36 18 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: February 18, 1884 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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17 months half-sister |
Flora May Wilkerson Birth: May 14, 1883 38 19 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: January 4, 1900 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Daniel Webster Wilkerson Birth: October 8, 1885 40 22 Death: August 29, 1953 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States |