Hugh McMillan1812–
- Name
- Hugh McMillan
- Given names
- Hugh
- Surname
- McMillan
 Birth | about 1812 28 28 |
 Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Birth of a brother | Daniel Gilbert McMillan about 1819 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John McMillan April 4, 1823 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Eleanor McMillan about 1828 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Isaac Nichols McMillan September 29, 1829 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 20 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Birth of a sister | Catherine McMillan about 1833 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth McMillan about 1835 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 23 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Birth of a brother | William Henry Harrison McMillan November 15, 1837 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Eleanor Nichols August 1843 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John W McMillan February 23, 1844 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 34 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Jean Mitchell January 20, 1855 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a father | Gilbert W McMillan April 4, 1858 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 45 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a sister | Eleanor McMillan 1861 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 49 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 55 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 55 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 57 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 66 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Catherine McMillan after 1880 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | Daniel Gilbert McMillan March 12, 1886 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Henry Harrison McMillan April 29, 1896 (Age 84 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 86 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 brother | John McMillan October 1, 1899 (Age 87 years) |
| Death of a brother | Isaac Nichols McMillan November 29, 1910 (Age 98 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 104 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 105 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 106 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Gilbert W McMillan Birth: October 1783 26 31 — Robeson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 4, 1858 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Eleanor Nichols Birth: 1784 — Anson, North Carolina, United States Death: August 1843 — Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: before 1810 — |
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3 years himself |
Hugh McMillan Birth: about 1812 28 28 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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8 years younger brother |
Daniel Gilbert McMillan Birth: about 1819 35 35 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1886 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
John McMillan Birth: April 4, 1823 39 39 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: October 1, 1899 — Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Eleanor McMillan Birth: about 1828 44 44 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: 1861 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
Isaac Nichols McMillan Birth: September 29, 1829 45 45 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: November 29, 1910 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Catherine McMillan Birth: about 1833 49 49 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: after 1880 |
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3 years younger sister |
Elizabeth McMillan Birth: about 1835 51 51 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
William Henry Harrison McMillan Birth: November 15, 1837 54 53 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States Death: April 29, 1896 — Decatur, Tennessee, United States |