John Allen GraggAge: 75 years1848–1924
- Name
- John Allen Gragg
- Given names
- John Allen
- Surname
- Gragg
 Birth | June 13, 1848 37 30 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Larkin Roby Gragg July 15, 1852 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Richard Greene Gragg January 4, 1855 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Buchanan Gragg about 1856 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 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 brother | William S Gragg May 2, 1863 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary “Polly” Gragg February 2, 1864 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Richard Greene May 28, 1864 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 |
 Marriage | Nancy Greene — View this family about 1866 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 18 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 18 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 20 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Shearer January 9, 1877 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 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 father | William M Gragg May 3, 1885 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a brother | Larkin Roby Gragg November 7, 1889 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a mother | Susannah Greene February 26, 1891 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 | Dora Belle Hagaman — View this family about 1903 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a wife | Nancy Greene June 7, 1903 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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 sister | Celia Adeline Gragg January 16, 1922 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | May 17, 1924 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William M Gragg Birth: March 28, 1811 27 21 — Mulberry, Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: May 3, 1885 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Susannah Greene Birth: March 6, 1818 27 21 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: February 26, 1891 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1833 — |
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22 months elder sister |
Louisa Gragg Birth: October 1834 23 16 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 6, 1926 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary “Polly” Gragg Birth: March 13, 1837 25 19 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: February 2, 1864 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Celia Adeline Gragg Birth: December 11, 1839 28 21 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 16, 1922 — Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Sarah Lucinda Gragg Birth: August 4, 1841 30 23 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 11, 1931 — Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
William S Gragg Birth: about 1845 33 26 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 2, 1863 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years himself |
John Allen Gragg Birth: June 13, 1848 37 30 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: May 17, 1924 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Larkin Roby Gragg Birth: July 15, 1852 41 34 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: November 7, 1889 — Viola, Latah, Idaho, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Richard Greene Gragg Birth: January 4, 1855 43 36 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 11, 1929 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Nancy Greene |
| himself |
John Allen Gragg Birth: June 13, 1848 37 30 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: May 17, 1924 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Greene Birth: February 12, 1846 20 20 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: June 7, 1903 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1866 — |
| Family with Dora Belle Hagaman |
| himself |
John Allen Gragg Birth: June 13, 1848 37 30 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: May 17, 1924 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Dora Belle Hagaman Birth: December 25, 1873 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 27, 1957 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1903 — |