John RouthAge: 76 years1862–1938
- Name
- John Routh
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Routh
 Birth | April 30, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 4 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 4 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 6 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Francis Elinora “Nora” Acuff — View this family calculated 1884 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Flossie Routh August 3, 1896 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 | Francis Elinora “Nora” Acuff October 18, 1927 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 | December 22, 1938 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graveston Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
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Isaac Routh Death: |
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Jane Clark Death: |
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John Routh Birth: April 30, 1862 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1938 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Francis Elinora “Nora” Acuff |
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John Routh Birth: April 30, 1862 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1938 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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Francis Elinora “Nora” Acuff Birth: January 29, 1868 26 26 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 18, 1927 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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13 years daughter |
Flossie Routh Birth: August 3, 1896 34 28 — Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: October 6, 1974 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |