Otha Harold BriganceAge: 54 years1908–1963
- Name
- Otha Harold Brigance
- Given names
- Otha Harold
- Surname
- Brigance
 Birth | May 28, 1908 36 35 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 brother | Charles C Brigance December 8, 1917 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 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 9 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/ |
 Census | January 24, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Robert William Driskill March 14, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a father | Jasper Alexander Brigance August 29, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Mollie Gilbert October 29, 1935 (Age 27 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 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 |
| Death of a mother | Mary M Driskill June 20, 1960 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 | March 25, 1963 (Age 54 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jasper Alexander Brigance Birth: August 1871 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1930 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary M Driskill Birth: January 18, 1873 26 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 20, 1960 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1899 — |
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8 years elder sister |
Iva Brigance Birth: 1906 34 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 31, 1997 |
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2 years himself |
Otha Harold Brigance Birth: May 28, 1908 36 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 1963 — Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States |
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10 years younger brother |
Charles C Brigance Birth: December 8, 1917 46 44 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 13, 1972 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Velma Lucille Whitson |
| himself |
Otha Harold Brigance Birth: May 28, 1908 36 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 1963 — Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Velma Lucille Whitson Birth: February 3, 1921 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 2008 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Alexander Brigance - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Alexander Brigance - Household
High Land Lick Road Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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