Lee A TaylorAge: 60 years1863–1924
- Name
- Lee A Taylor
- Given names
- Lee A
- Surname
- Taylor
 Birth | September 24, 1863 |
 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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Martha R “Mattie” Cherry — View this family August 19, 1888 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 daughter#1 | Lydia Lee Taylor January 28, 1899 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 | May 2, 1924 (Age 60 years) |
| Family with Martha R “Mattie” Cherry |
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Lee A Taylor Birth: September 24, 1863 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 2, 1924 — Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Martha R “Mattie” Cherry Birth: March 23, 1868 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 30, 1939 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: August 19, 1888 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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10 years daughter |
Lydia Lee Taylor Birth: January 28, 1899 35 30 — Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 29, 1988 |