John Willis KennedyAge: 79 years1846–1926
- Name
- John Willis Kennedy
- Given names
- John Willis
- Surname
- Kennedy
 Birth | October 15, 1846 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 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 14 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 20 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 20 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 22 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 |
 Civil marriage | Sarah Clementine “Sallie” Burrage — View this family March 29, 1875 (Age 28 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | James Kennedy 1876 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 31 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Kennedy 1879 (Age 32 years) |
 Census | June 28, 1880 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 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 69 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 70 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 71 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 | March 11, 1926 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with Sarah Clementine “Sallie” Burrage |
| himself |
John Willis Kennedy Birth: October 15, 1846 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 11, 1926 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Sarah Clementine “Sallie” Burrage Birth: August 20, 1854 46 25 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: January 28, 1950 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: March 29, 1875 — Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States |
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21 months son |
James Kennedy Birth: 1876 29 21 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years daughter |
Mary Kennedy Birth: 1879 32 24 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
No family available
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John James Kennedy - Household
Bethesda, York, South Carolina, United States
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