Horatio Pidcock1857–
- Name
- Horatio Pidcock
- Given names
- Horatio
- Surname
- Pidcock
 Birth | 1857 24 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Amanda E “Manda” Pidcock October 8, 1859 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 30, 1860 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Miranda E Pidcock December 22, 1863 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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 10 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 10 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Patrick Shemwell July 1869 (Age 12 years) Cause: Inflammation of bowels |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 12 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 sister | Mildred “Hettie” Pidcock 1872 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John William Pidcock July 25, 1877 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 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 41 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 father | John Pidcock before 1900 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a sister | Miranda E Pidcock October 4, 1900 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Ann Shemwell April 11, 1915 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 sister | Amanda E “Manda” Pidcock April 7, 1929 (Age 72 years) Cause: Face Cancer |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mildred “Hettie” Pidcock February 16, 1943 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 84 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 93 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 |
| Death of a brother | John William Pidcock September 26, 1964 (Age 107 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 89 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 |
John Pidcock Birth: estimated 1833 32 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1900 |
| mother |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: July 10, 1834 28 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 11, 1915 — Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 23, 1856 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months himself |
Horatio Pidcock Birth: 1857 24 22 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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7 years younger sister |
Miranda E Pidcock Birth: December 22, 1863 30 29 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 4, 1900 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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-4 years younger sister |
Amanda E “Manda” Pidcock Birth: October 8, 1859 26 25 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1929 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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13 years younger sister |
Mildred “Hettie” Pidcock Birth: 1872 39 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 16, 1943 — New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
John William Pidcock Birth: July 25, 1877 44 43 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 26, 1964 — New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John Pidcock - Household
Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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