Luther Clegg OldhamAge: 65 years1869–1934
- Name
- Luther Clegg Oldham
- Given names
- Luther Clegg
- Surname
- Oldham
 Birth | June 24, 1869 28 26 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: 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 |
 Census | August 24, 1870 (Age 14 months) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 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 paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Ann Brewer December 22, 1885 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas Douglas Oldham 1886 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 mother | Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg 1914 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 father | Thomas Jefferson Oldham 1922 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 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 | November 10, 1934 (Age 65 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Jefferson Oldham Birth: June 3, 1841 41 32 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: 1922 |
| mother |
Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg Birth: 1843 Death: 1914 |
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Marriage: September 1868 — |
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10 months himself |
Luther Clegg Oldham Birth: June 24, 1869 28 26 — Bingham, Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: November 10, 1934 — North Carolina, United States |
Luther Clegg Oldham has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Moses Strowd + Mary J Oldham
Parents Alexander Oldham + Smitha A Pipkin
Parents Whitson Berry Shemwell + Margaret Elizabeth Oldham
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Douglas Oldham - Household
Bingham, Orange, North Carolina
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