James Robert JacksonAge: 80 years1859–1939
- Name
- James Robert Jackson
- Given names
- James Robert
- Surname
- Jackson
 Birth | October 6, 1859 32 31 |
 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 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Lavinia Malone 1862 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lee Anna Jackson January 11, 1863 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 months)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 |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Stonewall Jackson May 15, 1866 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 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 7 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 9 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 | Green White Jackson May 27, 1870 (Age 10 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a brother | John W Jackson July 12, 1871 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel W Jackson 1871 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Lucinda Gamble 1871 (Age 11 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Lee Roy Jackson — Nancy Caroline Smith — View this family September 24, 1872 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Robert Brooks Jackson August 8, 1874 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Eula Braxton Jackson July 14, 1875 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 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 1, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Nannie Texonia Jackson February 3, 1881 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Eula Braxton Jackson July 7, 1891 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 | Lee Roy Jackson March 19, 1904 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 | Lee Anna Jackson June 16, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 | Mary Elizabeth Jackson October 8, 1931 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Julia Ann Jackson July 17, 1937 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | December 24, 1939 (Age 80 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lee Roy Jackson Birth: October 26, 1826 30 25 — Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States Death: March 19, 1904 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
| mother |
Martha Lucinda Gamble Birth: August 1, 1828 37 34 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1871 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
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Marriage: 1847 — Butts, Georgia, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Mary Elizabeth Jackson Birth: January 18, 1848 21 19 Death: October 8, 1931 |
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3 years elder brother |
John W Jackson Birth: July 30, 1850 23 21 Death: July 12, 1871 |
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4 years elder sister |
Julia Ann Jackson Birth: July 31, 1854 27 25 Death: July 17, 1937 |
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22 months elder brother |
George Washington Jackson Birth: June 8, 1856 29 27 Death: June 11, 1950 |
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3 years himself |
James Robert Jackson Birth: October 6, 1859 32 31 Death: December 24, 1939 |
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3 years younger sister |
Lee Anna Jackson Birth: January 11, 1863 36 34 Death: June 16, 1920 |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Stonewall Jackson Birth: May 15, 1866 39 37 Death: February 5, 1953 |
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4 years younger brother |
Green White Jackson Birth: May 27, 1870 43 41 — Chambers, Alabama, United States Death: June 1956 — Batesville, Panola, Mississippi, United States |
| Father’s family with Nancy Caroline Smith |
| father |
Lee Roy Jackson Birth: October 26, 1826 30 25 — Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States Death: March 19, 1904 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
| step-mother |
Nancy Caroline Smith Birth: July 28, 1836 — Lowndesville, Lowndes, Georgia, United States Death: February 9, 1904 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
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Marriage: September 24, 1872 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
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22 months half-brother |
Robert Brooks Jackson Birth: August 8, 1874 47 38 — Abbotsford, Troup, Georgia, United States Death: November 8, 1962 — Fosheeton, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
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11 months half-sister |
Eula Braxton Jackson Birth: July 14, 1875 48 38 Death: July 7, 1891 |
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6 years half-sister |
Nannie Texonia Jackson Birth: February 3, 1881 54 44 Death: September 15, 1967 |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Lee Roy Jackson - Household
Chambers, Alabama
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Lee Roy Jackson - Household
Poplar Springs, Tallapoosa, Alabama
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