Richard Greene GraggAge: 74 years1855–1929
- Name
- Richard Greene Gragg
- Given names
- Richard Greene
- Surname
- Gragg
 Birth | January 4, 1855 43 36 |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | William Buchanan Gragg about 1856 (Age 11 months) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 23 months)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 8 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary “Polly” Gragg February 2, 1864 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Richard Greene May 28, 1864 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 |
 Marriage | Mary A Lookabill — View this family March 25, 1873 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary A Lookabill August 3, 1875 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Shearer January 9, 1877 (Age 22 years) |
| Marriage | Amanda Greene — View this family February 9, 1877 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 30 years) |
| Death of a brother | Larkin Roby Gragg November 7, 1889 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a mother | Susannah Greene February 26, 1891 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a wife | Amanda Greene December 20, 1917 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 61 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 62 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 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Allen Gragg May 17, 1924 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a sister | Louisa Gragg November 6, 1926 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | September 11, 1929 (Age 74 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 elder brother |
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 elder 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 himself |
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 Mary A Lookabill |
| himself |
Richard Greene Gragg Birth: January 4, 1855 43 36 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 11, 1929 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Mary A Lookabill Birth: May 29, 1855 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: August 3, 1875 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: March 25, 1873 — |
| Family with Amanda Greene |
| himself |
Richard Greene Gragg Birth: January 4, 1855 43 36 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 11, 1929 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Amanda Greene Birth: February 26, 1859 33 33 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 20, 1917 — Hudson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 9, 1877 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |