William Alexander “Willie” DrumrightAge: 90 years1857–1948
- Name
- William Alexander “Willie” Drumright
- Given names
- William Alexander
- Surname
- Drumright
- Nickname
- Willie
 Birth | December 16, 1857 |
 Marriage | Samella Bell “Ella” Hogan — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 20 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 daughter#1 | Harriet Talaiferro “Hattie” Drumright August 24, 1879 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Samuel Alexander Drumright September 20, 1881 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Pearl Mai Drumright December 14, 1884 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Beulah Cumi Drumright January 15, 1886 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Hogan Boswell Drumright January 1, 1888 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a son | Hogan Boswell Drumright June 2, 1889 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | William Lee Drumright November 20, 1891 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Ewing Chadwell Drumright January 19, 1893 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Regina Ella Drumright June 1895 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 7, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Louise Gosey estimated 1905 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Frances Eloise Flowers August 3, 1907 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Marie Gosey estimated 1908 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Marshall J Flowers August 8, 1909 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | James Thomas Gosey Jr. estimated 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Ewing Chadwell “Chad” Drumright March 24, 1923 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 |
| Marriage of a child | William Lee Drumright — Rachel Jane Sperry — View this family December 21, 1929 (Age 72 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Ann Lee Drumright March 14, 1935 (Age 77 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 83 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 wife | Samella Bell “Ella” Hogan December 20, 1946 (Age 89 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 88 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 | November 11, 1948 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Family with Samella Bell “Ella” Hogan |
| himself |
William Alexander “Willie” Drumright Birth: December 16, 1857 — College Grove, Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: November 11, 1948 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Samella Bell “Ella” Hogan Birth: October 16, 1855 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 1946 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Harriet Talaiferro “Hattie” Drumright Birth: August 24, 1879 21 23 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 21, 1962 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Samuel Alexander Drumright Birth: September 20, 1881 23 25 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: October 28, 1953 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Pearl Mai Drumright Birth: December 14, 1884 26 29 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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13 months daughter |
Beulah Cumi Drumright Birth: January 15, 1886 28 30 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: April 25, 1963 — Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Hogan Boswell Drumright Birth: January 1, 1888 30 32 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: June 2, 1889 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years son |
William Lee Drumright Birth: November 20, 1891 33 36 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: November 1963 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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14 months son |
Ewing Chadwell Drumright Birth: January 19, 1893 35 37 — College Grove, Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 5, 1995 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Regina Ella Drumright Birth: June 1895 37 39 — Davidson Cemetery, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Drumright - Household
Davidson Tn.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Drumright - Household
Davidson Tn.
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Drumright - Household
Edmondson Rd. Davidson Tn.
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