 Birth | June 8, 1835 |
 Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 3 months)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 years)Note: 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 |
 Marriage | Elizabeth A Kelly — View this family September 20, 1856 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | John Thomas Burkhart about 1858 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Goddard Burkhart September 30, 1860 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 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 31 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 31 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 33 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 42 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 granddaughter #1 | Nora B Burkhart February 1888 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Goddard Burkhart — Catherine Dolly “Kate” Lawson — View this family September 1, 1892 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Willie Bell Burkhart March 26, 1893 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Doris D Burkhart February 17, 1894 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Ethel Rose Burkhart May 17, 1895 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Hattie May Burkhart November 21, 1896 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 62 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Alice Lyda Burkhart May 13, 1899 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Drucilla Burkhart January 1900 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Daisy Burkhart about 1902 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth A Kelly December 26, 1902 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Catherine Louise Burkhart February 22, 1905 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Nina Edna Burkhart September 15, 1906 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Joseph Glen Burkhart April 15, 1908 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | John Thomas Burkhart November 19, 1909 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Drucilla Burkhart before 1910 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 80 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 81 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 82 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 granddaughter | Nora B Burkhart after 1920 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | March 13, 1925 (Age 89 years) |