Gower Wells1854–
- Name
- Gower Wells
- Given names
- Gower
- Surname
- Wells
 Birth | calculated 1854 24 |
 Birth of a sister | Lucy Wells calculated 1856 (Age 2 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | James R Hooks — Martha M … — View this family April 24, 1859 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 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 half-sister | Martha Hooks calculated April 1860 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | September 1, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Louisa Ann “Annie” Hooks estimated 1861 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 |
| Birth of a half-brother | Daniel C Hooks estimated 1865 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 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 13 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 15 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 half-brother | Charles W Hooks calculated 1874 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 62 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 63 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 64 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 75 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 87 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 96 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 92 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 |
… Wells Death: |
| mother |
Martha M … Birth: estimated 1830 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
William Henry Wells Birth: calculated 1852 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years himself |
Gower Wells Birth: calculated 1854 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Lucy Wells Birth: calculated 1856 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with James R Hooks |
| step-father |
James R Hooks Birth: February 25, 1811 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1884 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha M … Birth: estimated 1830 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: April 24, 1859 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year half-sister |
Martha Hooks Birth: calculated April 1860 49 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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21 months half-sister |
Louisa Ann “Annie” Hooks Birth: estimated 1861 49 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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5 years half-brother |
Daniel C Hooks Birth: estimated 1865 53 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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10 years half-brother |
Charles W Hooks Birth: calculated 1874 62 44 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
Gower Wells has 0 first cousins recorded
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Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James R Hooks - Household
Livingston Ky
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