Alfred Mack GantAge: 79 years1848–1927
- Name
- Alfred Mack Gant
- Given names
- Alfred Mack
- Surname
- Gant
 Birth | 1848 |
 Marriage | Sally J Richmond — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 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 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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 30 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Chester Gant September 4, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Rasmus Elden Gilliam — Mary Chester Gant — View this family about 1899 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a wife | Sally J Richmond November 3, 1899 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Paul Gant Gilliam September 1, 1905 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Mary Lucille Gilliam June 29, 1908 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | James Hugh Gilliam April 23, 1911 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Rasmus Elden Gilliam Jr. September 11, 1915 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Janie Ruth Gilliam August 15, 1917 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 70 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | William Alfred Gilliam August 11, 1921 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a grandson | William Alfred Gilliam July 14, 1923 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Chester Gant April 8, 1925 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | September 4, 1927 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with Sally J Richmond |
| himself |
Alfred Mack Gant Birth: 1848 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 4, 1927 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Sally J Richmond Birth: July 13, 1850 Death: November 3, 1899 |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Mary Chester Gant Birth: September 4, 1880 32 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 8, 1925 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |