Gideon “Gid” ChoateAge: 72 years1839–1911
- Name
- Gideon “Gid” Choate
- Given names
- Gideon
- Surname
- Choate
- Nickname
- Gid
 Birth | April 20, 1839 |
 Marriage | Nancy Adaline Meadows — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)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 17 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 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 | Robert Lysander Choate July 24, 1871 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 38 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 | Robert Lysander Choate — Susan Shemwell — View this family January 4, 1894 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Julia Ethel Choate February 21, 1894 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Anne Rosella “Annie” Choate November 1, 1896 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 #3 | Melvin Lee Choate March 3, 1899 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a wife | Nancy Adaline Meadows October 27, 1910 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | May 17, 1911 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wilson-Randolph Family Cemetery |
| Family with Nancy Adaline Meadows |
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Gideon “Gid” Choate Birth: April 20, 1839 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: May 17, 1911 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Adaline Meadows Birth: January 1, 1839 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 27, 1910 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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| son |
Robert Lysander Choate Birth: July 24, 1871 32 32 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 11, 1938 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |