James Asbery NashAge: 78 years1844–1923
- Name
- James Asbery Nash
- Given names
- James Asbery
- Surname
- Nash
 Birth | May 29, 1844 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 19 months)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 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Marriage | Mary A Glasgow — View this family June 18, 1862 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 22 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 22 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 24 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 son#1 | William B Nash January 2, 1870 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | William B Nash — Sallie Lenora Alexander — View this family calculated 1894 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Herbert Nash October 22, 1896 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 #2 | Cecil Nash August 1898 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Willie Orlean Nash February 5, 1904 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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 wife | Mary A Glasgow April 4, 1922 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | January 5, 1923 (Age 78 years) |
| Family with Mary A Glasgow |
| himself |
James Asbery Nash Birth: May 29, 1844 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 5, 1923 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Mary A Glasgow Birth: July 1843 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 4, 1922 |
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Marriage: June 18, 1862 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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8 years son |
William B Nash Birth: January 2, 1870 25 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 16, 1961 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |