William Edward CannadyAge: 82 years1857–1939
- Name
- William Edward Cannady
- Given names
- William Edward
- Surname
- Cannady
 Birth | March 19, 1857 34 29 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 4 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Elizabeth Hockaday January 4, 1875 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Property | Wyatt Lemuel McGehee and Wyatt Edward Cannady Land Deal 1881 December 1, 1881 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a father | William Hockaday Cannady September 3, 1893 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 mother | Elizabeth Jones Williams March 6, 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 72 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 | September 25, 1939 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cannady Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Hockaday Cannady Birth: October 24, 1822 39 29 — Granville, North Carolina, United States Death: September 3, 1893 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Jones Williams Birth: June 29, 1827 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 6, 1910 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: April 8, 1849 — North Carolina, United States |
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William Edward Cannady Birth: March 19, 1857 34 29 — Granville, North Carolina, United States Death: September 25, 1939 — Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| Property | Indenture between Wyatt Lemuel McGehee and Wyatt Edward Cannady, Administrator of the Estate of (John) Wyatt Cannady (died in Nov 1880). The transaction was for $298.75. Wyatt Lemuel McGehee purchased the land which included Lot 2 in the Histlons Land Division.
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