John Washington WhiteAge: 83 years1848–1932
- Name
- John Washington White
- Given names
- John Washington
- Surname
- White
 Birth | February 29, 1848 |
 Marriage | Sarah Elizabeth Johnson — 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 8 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 18 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 18 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 20 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 29 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 | Cora Jane White March 5, 1888 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Walter Jackson White February 12, 1891 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Hark White 1895 (Age 46 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 |
| Death of a wife | Sarah Elizabeth Johnson April 20, 1902 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Noble John Shemwell — Cora Jane White — View this family November 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Alpha Lee “Alfie” Shemwell September 28, 1911 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Walter Jackson White — Mary Betty Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage November 24, 1912 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Alma Marie Shemwell July 6, 1913 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Myrtie Mae White June 9, 1914 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | John Wiley White August 6, 1915 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Thomas Thurman Shemwell March 13, 1916 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Roy Jackson “R J” White September 10, 1916 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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 #7 | Sarah Elizabeth Shemwell January 6, 1919 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Alma Marie Shemwell November 11, 1923 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Violet Mae Shemwell June 23, 1927 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 81 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 8, 1932 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elk Lick Church Cemetery |
| Family with Sarah Elizabeth Johnson |
| himself |
John Washington White Birth: February 29, 1848 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1932 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Birth: October 27, 1848 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1902 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Joseph White Death: |
| son |
Claude White Death: |
| daughter |
Cora Jane White Birth: March 5, 1888 40 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 19, 1971 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Walter Jackson White Birth: February 12, 1891 42 42 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 1974 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years son |
Hark White Birth: 1895 46 46 Death: |