John W GregoryAge: 84 years1855–1940
- Name
- John W Gregory
- Given names
- John W
- Surname
- Gregory
 Birth | December 6, 1855 |
 Marriage | Almorinda Jane “Alma” Christian — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 months)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 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | William T Gregory August 26, 1876 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 son #2 | John S Gregory January 1879 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Eva May Gregory October 1884 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Dow Owen Gregory April 18, 1889 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 granddaughter #1 | Margaret Katherine Gregory June 8, 1916 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 73 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 | February 11, 1940 (Age 84 years) Cause of death: Carcinoma of the face |
| Family with Almorinda Jane “Alma” Christian |
| himself |
John W Gregory Birth: December 6, 1855 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: February 11, 1940 — Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Almorinda Jane “Alma” Christian Birth: 1853 29 20 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: November 30, 1940 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
William T Gregory Birth: August 26, 1876 20 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years son |
John S Gregory Birth: January 1879 23 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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6 years daughter |
Eva May Gregory Birth: October 1884 28 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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5 years son |
Dow Owen Gregory Birth: April 18, 1889 33 36 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: 1964 — East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States |