Yelverton Wells1845–
- Name
- Yelverton Wells
- Given names
- Yelverton
- Surname
- Wells
 Birth | 1845 29 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 12 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage of a parent | Stanard Webb — Jane Posh — View this family Type: Religious marriage May 17, 1849 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Ewing Madison Webb March 27, 1850 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Henry Stanard Webb November 1852 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Albert T Webb March 1856 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 22 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 22 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 24 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 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 half-brother | Ewing Madison Webb January 13, 1895 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 71 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 72 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 73 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 84 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 96 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 105 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 101 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Yelverton Wells Death: |
| mother |
Jane Posh Birth: 1816 Death: |
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Marriage: October 22, 1829 — Nelson, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Wells Birth: 1832 16 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
John Wells Birth: 1834 18 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Benjamin Wells Birth: 1836 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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10 years himself |
Yelverton Wells Birth: 1845 29 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Stanard Webb |
| step-father |
Stanard Webb Birth: 1808 — Virginia, United States Death: |
| mother |
Jane Posh Birth: 1816 Death: |
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Marriage: May 17, 1849 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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7 years half-brother |
Albert T Webb Birth: March 1856 48 40 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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-6 years half-brother |
Ewing Madison Webb Birth: March 27, 1850 42 34 — Missouri, United States Death: January 13, 1895 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years half-brother |
Henry Stanard Webb Birth: November 1852 44 36 Death: |