William Lee “Willy” Herndon1866–
- Name
- William Lee “Willy” Herndon
- Given names
- William Lee
- Surname
- Herndon
- Nickname
- Willy
 Birth | 1866 36 31 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 months)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 12 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a sister | Levert Herndon 1868 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 | Benjamin W Herndon April 1870 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | July 29, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Benjamin Zachery Herndon August 7, 1873 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Della W Herndon 1875 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary E McMahan October 3, 1877 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 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 14 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William James Herndon — Adelia M Turley — View this family 1882 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Susan Fox December 21, 1885 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 | William James Herndon January 3, 1912 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William James Herndon Birth: July 16, 1829 27 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 3, 1912 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary E McMahan Birth: January 23, 1834 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 3, 1877 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 7, 1853 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Susan M Herndon Birth: 1854 24 19 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
John Herndon Birth: 1857 27 22 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Harriett Elizabeth Herndon Birth: 1859 29 24 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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16 months elder sister |
Martha E Herndon Birth: April 1860 30 26 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Lucy C Herndon Birth: 1862 32 27 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| brother |
Henry W Herndon Death: |
| himself |
William Lee “Willy” Herndon Birth: 1866 36 31 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| sister |
Ella Herndon Death: |
| younger sister |
Levert Herndon Birth: 1868 38 33 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| sister |
Ann Herndon Death: |
| younger brother |
Benjamin W Herndon Birth: April 1870 40 36 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| sister |
Maud Herndon Death: |
| younger sister |
Della W Herndon Birth: 1875 45 40 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Adelia M Turley |
| father |
William James Herndon Birth: July 16, 1829 27 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 3, 1912 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Adelia M Turley Birth: May 10, 1827 40 37 — Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 1912 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: 1882 — |
William Lee “Willy” Herndon has 25 first cousins recorded
Father's family (25)
Parents George Clark Herndon + Elizabeth Pope
Parents John A Fray + Martha Elizabeth Herndon
Parents Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson + Mary Frances Herndon
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William J Herndon - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William J Herndon - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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