 Birth | calculated 1839 30 16 |
 Death of a father | Joseph Kittrell 1840 (Age 12 months) Address: Present day Butler Co. |
| Marriage of a parent | James Brannum — Rebecca Ann Rushin — View this family Type: Civil marriage January 2, 1842 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Ellender “Nellie” Shemwell 1850 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Francis Auridel “Franky” Jordan 1850 (Age 11 years) |
 Census | September 4, 1850 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jason Rushin 1855 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | July 11, 1860 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 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 28 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 28 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Marriage | Louisana Arena “Dixie” Tomlin — View this family October 1869 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 30 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 daughter #1 | Sarah Virginia Kittrell May 15, 1870 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | July 30, 1870 (Age 31 years) |
 Death | 1870 (Age 31 years) |