James Lafayette Gilliam Sr.Age: 86 years1846–1933
- Name
- James Lafayette Gilliam Sr.
- Given names
- James Lafayette
- Surname
- Gilliam
- Name suffix
- Sr.
 Birth | March 27, 1846 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 10 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 15 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 20 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 20 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 22 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 |
 Marriage | Columbia Jane Shemwell — View this family January 9, 1872 (Age 25 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Dr. William Bennett Gilliam October 18, 1872 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam August 23, 1874 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Susan Elliot Gilliam September 7, 1875 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Mary Cordelia Gilliam October 5, 1876 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Rasmus Elden Gilliam March 7, 1878 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 31 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 21, 1880 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam June 26, 1882 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | James Loranza Gilliam December 1886 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Nannie Cashman Gilliam June 1889 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Mamie J Gilliam March 16, 1890 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mamie J Gilliam March 11, 1893 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Elvy Opedia Meador — Susan Elliot Gilliam — View this family about 1895 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Hallie Meador November 15, 1896 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam — Evalena Lena Higgins — View this family about 1897 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 | Erie Orlin Meador March 8, 1899 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Rasmus Elden Gilliam — Mary Chester Gant — View this family about 1899 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | June 2, 1900 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Zula Gilliam February 22, 1901 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Bertice Austin Gilliam January 10, 1903 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Paul Gant Gilliam September 1, 1905 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Felix Randolph Meador November 3, 1905 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Melvin Ralston Gilliam September 30, 1906 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Verner Richardson — Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam — View this family December 26, 1906 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a wife | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 12, 1907 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Walker Gilliam May 22, 1908 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Walker Gilliam May 25, 1908 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Mary Lucille Gilliam June 29, 1908 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Elbert V Richardson July 22, 1908 (Age 62 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Earl Gilliam February 2, 1911 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Earl Gilliam February 4, 1911 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | James Hugh Gilliam April 23, 1911 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Beulah Larell Gilliam February 22, 1913 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | Harold G Turner October 2, 1913 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Alta Mae Gilliam October 6, 1914 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #16 | Rasmus Elden Gilliam Jr. September 11, 1915 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 69 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | Janie Ruth Gilliam August 15, 1917 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | William Dallas Gilliam September 7, 1917 (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Loranza Gilliam — Nell Dawson — View this family about 1917 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | Virginia Anne Gilliam May 7, 1918 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 70 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 71 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #20 | James Franklin Gilliam June 22, 1919 (Age 73 years) |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | James Vernon Gilliam May 18, 1920 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #22 | William Alfred Gilliam August 11, 1921 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #23 | Marjorie Aleen Gilliam June 19, 1923 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a grandson | William Alfred Gilliam July 14, 1923 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Nannie Cashman Gilliam August 15, 1924 (Age 78 years) Cause: Tuberculosis Note: Informant: Pruda Walker |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Herschel Walker — Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam — View this family about 1925 (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Rasmus Elden Gilliam — Ione Robinson — View this family about 1929 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 83 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #24 | Joe Carter Gilliam 1933 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | January 28, 1933 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with Columbia Jane Shemwell |
| himself |
James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. Birth: March 27, 1846 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 28, 1933 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Columbia Jane Shemwell Birth: May 7, 1847 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 12, 1907 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 9, 1872 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months son |
Dr. William Bennett Gilliam Birth: October 18, 1872 26 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 15, 1941 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months son |
Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam Birth: August 23, 1874 28 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 11, 1948 — Kentucky, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Susan Elliot Gilliam Birth: September 7, 1875 29 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 17, 1954 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months daughter |
Mary Cordelia Gilliam Birth: October 5, 1876 30 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1965 — Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months son |
Rasmus Elden Gilliam Birth: March 7, 1878 31 30 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 1952 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam Birth: June 26, 1882 36 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1962 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years son |
James Loranza Gilliam Birth: December 1886 40 39 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1959 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Nannie Cashman Gilliam Birth: June 1889 43 42 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 15, 1924 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months daughter |
Mamie J Gilliam Birth: March 16, 1890 43 42 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: March 11, 1893 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. - Household
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dr. William B Gilliam - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
Dallas next door |