Eli Harris CogginsAge: 94 years1848–1942
- Name
- Eli Harris Coggins
- Given names
- Eli Harris
- Surname
- Coggins
 Birth | 1848 26 24 |
 Birth of a sister | Margaret Jane Coggin February 19, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | October 11, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rebecca Eliza Coggin February 1855 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Catherine Coggin about 1858 (Age 10 years) |
 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 |
| Census | August 9, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| 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 |
| Census | July 24, 1870 (Age 22 years) |
 Religious marriage | Florence A Pennington — View this family October 1, 1873 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins October 4, 1874 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nancy Eleanor “Nannie” Coggins 1877 (Age 29 years) |
| 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Catherine Burrage June 1, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | June 11, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Gertrude C Coggins July 31, 1881 (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Elsworth Walker Sr. — Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins — View this family March 27, 1891 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Addison Pinkney Richardson — Nancy Eleanor “Nannie” Coggins — View this family October 6, 1897 (Age 49 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 |
| Marriage of a child | George F Winecoff — Gertrude C Coggins — View this family July 4, 1903 (Age 55 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/ |
| Death of a daughter | Nancy Eleanor “Nannie” Coggins August 12, 1919 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Gertrude C Coggins February 3, 1925 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Jane Coggin April 2, 1926 (Age 78 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 of a wife | Florence A Pennington July 12, 1930 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 93 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | June 17, 1942 (Age 94 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Zachery Coggin Birth: 1822 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| mother |
Catherine Carroll Birth: November 1823 37 35 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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Marriage: about 1847 — |
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2 years himself |
Eli Harris Coggins Birth: 1848 26 24 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 17, 1942 — Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Margaret Jane Coggin Birth: February 19, 1850 28 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: April 2, 1926 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Rebecca Eliza Coggin Birth: February 1855 33 31 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Catherine Coggin Birth: about 1858 36 34 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| Family with Florence A Pennington |
| himself |
Eli Harris Coggins Birth: 1848 26 24 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 17, 1942 — Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Florence A Pennington Birth: August 1855 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: July 12, 1930 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: October 1, 1873 — Stanly, North Carolina, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins Birth: October 4, 1874 26 19 — Stanly, North Carolina, United States Death: April 10, 1946 — Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Nancy Eleanor “Nannie” Coggins Birth: 1877 29 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: August 12, 1919 — Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Gertrude C Coggins Birth: July 31, 1881 33 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 3, 1925 — Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Zachariah Coggins - Household
Davidson, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Zachariah Coggins - Household
Fork, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Zachariah Coggins - Household
Eldorado Twp, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Zachery Coggin - Household
Eldorado Twp, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
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