William Louis HedrickAge: 79 years1870–1950
- Name
- William Louis Hedrick
- Given names
- William Louis
- Surname
- Hedrick
 Birth | December 15, 1870 23 22 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 7 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 17, 1880 (Age 9 years) |
 Birth of a half-sister | Cary R Allen October 1888 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Oliver H P “Perry” Parke October 19, 1892 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Logsdon December 20, 1893 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 | Lucy Angelina Parke January 8, 1916 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 | Sevier Hawkins Hedrick September 24, 1925 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 58 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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 79 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 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 | December 10, 1950 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Sevier Hawkins Hedrick Birth: September 18, 1847 — Preble, Ohio, United States Death: September 24, 1925 — Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Lucy Angelina Parke Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: January 8, 1916 — Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
William Louis Hedrick Birth: December 15, 1870 23 22 — Cooperstown, Brown, Illinois, United States Death: December 10, 1950 — Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States |
| Mother’s family with William L Allen |
| step-father |
William L Allen Birth: June 1843 — Illinois, United States Death: |
| mother |
Lucy Angelina Parke Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: January 8, 1916 — Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| half-sister |
Cary R Allen Birth: October 1888 45 39 — Illinois, United States Death: |
William Louis Hedrick has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Oliver H P “Perry” Parke - Household
Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois
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