Ruben HolmesAge: 73 years1840–1914
- Name
- Ruben Holmes
- Given names
- Ruben
- Surname
- Holmes
 Birth | March 29, 1840 |
 Marriage | Mary Elizabeth Hendrickson — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 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 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 26 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 26 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 28 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 37 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 | Etta Valenta Holmes November 11, 1880 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Pinkney Breezeel — Etta Valenta Holmes — View this family calculated 1897 (Age 56 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Guy R Breezeel October 23, 1903 (Age 63 years) |
 Death | January 29, 1914 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Holmes Cemetery |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth Hendrickson |
| himself |
Ruben Holmes Birth: March 29, 1840 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 29, 1914 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth Hendrickson Birth: April 16, 1839 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 13, 1919 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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| daughter |
Etta Valenta Holmes Birth: November 11, 1880 40 41 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 3, 1937 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |