John Perry LankfordAge: 86 years1839–1925
- Name
- John Perry Lankford
- Given names
- John Perry
- Surname
- Lankford
 Birth | February 7, 1839 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Marriage | Nancy Keziah Thompson — View this family September 15, 1860 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Elizabeth Adaline Lankford June 27, 1861 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 38 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | George W Reynolds — Elizabeth Adaline Lankford — View this family December 28, 1879 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John Henry Reynolds January 23, 1881 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Martha K Reynolds October 16, 1883 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | James Robert Reynolds August 29, 1886 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mary May Reynolds November 16, 1892 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Corda Jane “Cordie” Reynolds August 1, 1896 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 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 grandson #6 | Charles Elic Reynolds September 13, 1900 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Fred A Reynolds March 6, 1903 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 76 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 77 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 78 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 wife | Nancy Keziah Thompson January 29, 1920 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | December 3, 1925 (Age 86 years) |
| Family with Nancy Keziah Thompson |
| himself |
John Perry Lankford Birth: February 7, 1839 — Indiana, United States Death: December 3, 1925 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Keziah Thompson Birth: November 26, 1842 30 19 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 29, 1920 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1860 — |
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9 months daughter |
Elizabeth Adaline Lankford Birth: June 27, 1861 22 18 — Missouri, United States Death: December 25, 1937 — Newton, Missouri, United States |