 Birth | June 15, 1850 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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 27 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Martha Ellen “Mattie” Driskill — View this family October 31, 1882 (Age 32 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Richard Seymour Locke November 13, 1883 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Frank Coleman Locke June 18, 1886 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Charles Edgar “Charlie” Locke November 12, 1886 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Shellie Locke November 12, 1888 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a wife | Martha Ellen “Mattie” Driskill November 4, 1891 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage | Julia Ann Robertson — View this family March 9, 1898 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 |
| Birth of a son #5 | William Thomas Locke December 1898 (Age 48 years) |
 Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | John B Locke about 1901 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Sam J Locke about 1904 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Mary A Locke about 1906 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Frank Coleman Locke — Lennie Belle Newman — View this family estimated 1907 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Carrie Marie Locke March 27, 1908 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Martha Belle Locke November 4, 1910 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Edgar “Charlie” Locke — Grace Jane Hancock — View this family estimated 1911 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Charles Buell Locke February 22, 1912 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Curtis Grant Locke March 21, 1913 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Fannie Ellen Locke September 27, 1914 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | James Franklin Locke March 16, 1915 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Shellie Locke — Elva Beulah Allen — View this family March 28, 1916 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 |
 Death | August 31, 1917 (Age 67 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |