Riley Carel MasseyAge: 84 years1857–1941
- Name
- Riley Carel Massey
- Given names
- Riley Carel
- Surname
- Massey
 Birth | March 14, 1857 |
 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 |
| 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 |
 Marriage | Mollie Ida Nelson — View this family February 14, 1892 (Age 34 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Fred Hannaford Massey August 31, 1908 (Age 51 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Freddie Mozelle Massey January 16, 1930 (Age 72 years) |
 Census | April 2, 1930 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | William Charles Massey November 26, 1933 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Travis Dale Massey June 14, 1937 (Age 80 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Byron Kay Massey July 30, 1938 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | November 7, 1941 (Age 84 years) |
| Family with Mollie Ida Nelson |
| himself |
Riley Carel Massey Birth: March 14, 1857 — Franklin, Alabama, United States Death: November 7, 1941 — Hood, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Mollie Ida Nelson Birth: August 2, 1870 — Alabama, United States Death: December 22, 1949 — Hood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: February 14, 1892 — Hood, Texas, United States |
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17 years son |
Fred Hannaford Massey Birth: August 31, 1908 51 38 — Texas, United States Death: February 3, 1969 — Hood, Texas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Riley Carel Massey - Household
Hood, Texas
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