Wyatt Rufus WaltersAge: 65 years1861–1926
- Name
- Wyatt Rufus Walters
- Given names
- Wyatt Rufus
- Surname
- Walters
 Birth | 1861 40 31 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 6 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 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Death of a father | Rufus Dodson Walters December 23, 1868 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 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 maternal grandmother | Mary Elizabeth Hockaday January 4, 1875 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Catherine Cannady February 16, 1878 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 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 5, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 | January 11, 1926 (Age 65 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Rufus Dodson Walters Birth: October 23, 1820 Death: December 23, 1868 |
| mother |
Mary Catherine Cannady Birth: 1830 47 37 — Granville, North Carolina, United States Death: February 16, 1878 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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| himself |
Wyatt Rufus Walters Birth: 1861 40 31 — Granville, North Carolina, United States Death: January 11, 1926 — Brasfield, Granville, North Carolina, United States |
Wyatt Rufus Walters has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (9)
Parents Nathaniel Ellis Cannady + Nancy P Green
Parents Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr + Martha A Sarah Morris
Parents Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr + Martha Kinchin Williams
Parents William Hockaday Cannady + Elizabeth Jones Williams
Parents John Young McGehee + Susan E Cannady
Parents Calvin G Strayhorn + Lucy B Cannady
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr - Household
Brassfield, Granville, North Carolina
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