Elijah Hugh McGinnis1865–
- Name
- Elijah Hugh McGinnis
- Given names
- Elijah Hugh
- Surname
- McGinnis
 Birth | 1865 33 23 |
 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Sarah McGinnis 1868 (Age 3 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Hettie D McGinnis June 1870 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | October 15, 1870 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Ben McGinnis 1871 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Hezekiah McGinnis February 28, 1872 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ellen McGinnis 1873 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert T McGinnis October 2, 1878 (Age 13 years) |
| 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 |
| Census | June 3, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Atha W McGinnis April 25, 1883 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Elgin McGinnis January 4, 1886 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a brother | Elgin McGinnis March 3, 1894 (Age 29 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 mother | Mary Fannie Smith December 5, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | Starling A McGinnis October 29, 1910 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Belle “Nannie” McGinnis July 24, 1914 (Age 49 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/ |
| Death of a brother | James William McGinnis May 14, 1927 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Atha W McGinnis April 25, 1929 (Age 64 years) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Starling A McGinnis Birth: March 12, 1831 27 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 29, 1910 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Fannie Smith Birth: September 4, 1841 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1900 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: February 24, 1858 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Mary E McGinnis Birth: February 24, 1859 27 17 Death: before 1860 |
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13 months elder sister |
Nancy Belle “Nannie” McGinnis Birth: March 19, 1860 29 18 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1914 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
James William McGinnis Birth: August 24, 1861 30 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1927 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years himself |
Elijah Hugh McGinnis Birth: 1865 33 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Sarah McGinnis Birth: 1868 36 26 Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Hettie D McGinnis Birth: June 1870 39 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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19 months younger brother |
Ben McGinnis Birth: 1871 39 29 Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Ellen McGinnis Birth: 1873 41 31 Death: |
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6 years younger brother |
Robert T McGinnis Birth: October 2, 1878 47 37 Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Atha W McGinnis Birth: April 25, 1883 52 41 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 25, 1929 — Logan, Illinois, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Elgin McGinnis Birth: January 4, 1886 54 44 Death: March 3, 1894 |
Elijah Hugh McGinnis has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents James A McGinnis + Henrietta Sublett
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Starling A McGinnis - Household
Warren, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Starling A McGinnis - Household
Fillmore, Logan, Kentucky
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