John A PoseyAge: 78 years1848–1926
- Name
- John A Posey
- Given names
- John A
- Surname
- Posey
 Birth | January 1848 |
 Marriage | Letitia A Welborn — View this family unknown |
 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 9 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 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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 30 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#1 | Ermine Posey January 1891 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a wife | Letitia A Welborn June 5, 1894 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage | Cordelia E Thornsberry — View this family April 28, 1895 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
 Census | June 18, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Ernest “Willie” Baugh — Ermine Posey — View this family about 1913 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lorretta H Baugh February 25, 1915 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Willie M “Brownie” Baugh July 7, 1919 (Age 71 years) |
| Census | January 27, 1920 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | October 19, 1926 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hazel Creek Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Family with Cordelia E Thornsberry |
| himself |
John A Posey Birth: January 1848 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 19, 1926 |
| wife |
Cordelia E Thornsberry Birth: April 21, 1870 25 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1944 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 28, 1895 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Letitia A Welborn |
| himself |
John A Posey Birth: January 1848 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 19, 1926 |
| wife |
Letitia A Welborn Birth: December 14, 1851 Death: June 5, 1894 |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Ermine Posey Birth: January 1891 43 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| … Underwood + Cordelia E Thornsberry |
| wife’s husband |
… Underwood Death: |
| wife |
Cordelia E Thornsberry Birth: April 21, 1870 25 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1944 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: after 1927 — |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John A Posey - Household
Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John A Posey - Household
Rosewood, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John A Posey - Household
Rosewood, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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