John Forest McElroyAge: 87 years1866–1954
- Name
- John Forest McElroy
- Given names
- John Forest
- Surname
- McElroy
 Birth | May 27, 1866 40 39 |
 Occupation | Life Insurance Salesman |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 months)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 7 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 mother | Elmine Rumfelt 1874 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Willie Ann Bramlett — View this family before 1889 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Edgar Forest McElroy 1889 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Earl McElroy June 22, 1891 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Fredrick Francis McElroy 1896 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Alice Elmine McElroy 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Grace Thomas McElroy January 19, 1903 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a wife | Willie Ann Bramlett April 15, 1904 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Theodore Lee McElroy 1906 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Lucille Ruth McElroy January 17, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | George Edward McElroy 1912 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a father | John Huts McElroy 1912 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Lela Lorene McElroy 1914 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John Virgil McElroy June 5, 1916 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 son #10 | Charles David McElroy 1917 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a son | Edgar Forest McElroy 1917 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Garner Fredrick McElroy March 17, 1918 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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 1, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira Guy Nichols — Grace Thomas McElroy — View this family September 19, 1920 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Guy Everett Nichols April 6, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 |
| Census | April 17, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a son | Charles David McElroy 1942 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 83 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 79 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 |
| Religion | Arlington Cumberland Presbyterian Church before 1954 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | February 12, 1954 (Age 87 years) Cause of death: Accute Heart Attack |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington Heights Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Huts McElroy Birth: 1826 Death: 1912 |
| mother |
Elmine Rumfelt Birth: 1827 Death: 1874 |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
John Forest McElroy Birth: May 27, 1866 40 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 12, 1954 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Willie Ann Bramlett |
| himself |
John Forest McElroy Birth: May 27, 1866 40 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 12, 1954 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Willie Ann Bramlett Birth: May 13, 1873 32 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 15, 1904 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: before 1889 — |
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14 years daughter |
Grace Thomas McElroy Birth: January 19, 1903 36 29 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 1978 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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-13 years son |
Edgar Forest McElroy Birth: 1889 22 15 Death: 1917 |
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3 years son |
John Earl McElroy Birth: June 22, 1891 25 18 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 20, 1974 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years son |
Fredrick Francis McElroy Birth: 1896 29 22 Death: 1967 |
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5 years daughter |
Alice Elmine McElroy Birth: 1900 33 26 Death: 1988 |
| Family with Beuna Vista Waggoner |
| himself |
John Forest McElroy Birth: May 27, 1866 40 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 12, 1954 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Beuna Vista Waggoner Birth: April 8, 1882 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 30, 1967 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| son |
Theodore Lee McElroy Birth: 1906 39 23 Death: 1973 |
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4 years daughter |
Lucille Ruth McElroy Birth: January 17, 1910 43 27 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: 2009 |
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3 years son |
George Edward McElroy Birth: 1912 45 29 Death: 1961 |
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3 years daughter |
Lela Lorene McElroy Birth: 1914 47 31 Death: 1996 |
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4 years son |
Charles David McElroy Birth: 1917 50 34 Death: 1942 |
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