George Wade KnightAge: 54 years1839–1893
- Name
- George Wade Knight
- Given names
- George Wade
- Surname
- Knight
 Birth | February 2, 1839 |
 Marriage | Margaret Brown — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)Note: 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 22 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | William Benjamin Knight October 20, 1871 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Death | September 17, 1893 (Age 54 years) |
| Family with Margaret Brown |
| himself |
George Wade Knight Birth: February 2, 1839 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: September 17, 1893 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Margaret Brown Birth: September 22, 1840 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: February 27, 1922 — Dickson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
William Benjamin Knight Birth: October 20, 1871 32 31 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: September 20, 1932 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |