Henry Jasper SmithAge: 71 years1850–1922
- Name
- Henry Jasper Smith
- Given names
- Henry Jasper
- Surname
- Smith
 Birth | November 15, 1850 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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 |
 Marriage | Emaline Permelia Holland — View this family estimated 1876 (Age 25 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Cora Smith January 2, 1877 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Homer Jasper Smith August 1, 1885 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 4, 1900 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Homer Jasper Smith — Dorothy Mathiel Valentine — View this family March 28, 1907 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Lloyd Valentine Smith October 30, 1917 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 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 67 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 | February 16, 1922 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with Emaline Permelia Holland |
| himself |
Henry Jasper Smith Birth: November 15, 1850 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States Death: February 16, 1922 — Vernon, Marion, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Emaline Permelia Holland Birth: May 12, 1852 24 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 25, 1931 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1876 — |
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1 year daughter |
Cora Smith Birth: January 2, 1877 26 24 — Illinois, United States Death: February 10, 1954 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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9 years son |
Homer Jasper Smith Birth: August 1, 1885 34 33 — Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois, United States Death: September 15, 1954 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Warren Heckathorn + Emaline Permelia Holland |
| wife’s husband |
Warren Heckathorn Birth: July 9, 1847 Death: March 4, 1874 |
| wife |
Emaline Permelia Holland Birth: May 12, 1852 24 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 25, 1931 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: February 29, 1872 — Fayette, Illinois, United States |
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17 months step-daughter |
Hattie Leota Heckathorn Birth: August 4, 1873 26 21 Death: April 18, 1874 |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Jasper Smith - Household
Kaskaskia, Fayette, Illinois
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Henry Jasper Smith - Household
6206 Madison Ave Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Amelia M should be Emaline P and Zelpho Brown Holland not Brownholland -b |