John Wesley CroftAge: 78 years1852–1931
- Name
- John Wesley Croft
- Given names
- John Wesley
- Surname
- Croft
 Birth | April 14, 1852 |
 Marriage | Mary C Norris — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 25 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 daughter#1 | Louia Belle Croft June 17, 1880 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 |
| Marriage of a child | William Harm Webb — Louia Belle Croft — View this family calculated 1901 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lena Etna Webb June 23, 1902 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Clifford T Webb March 14, 1904 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | John Everett Webb November 30, 1905 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mary Ella Webb September 19, 1908 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ada Amy Webb November 10, 1910 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary C Norris December 22, 1910 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Carrie Lucille Webb July 15, 1914 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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/ |
 Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Jewell Maureen Webb July 27, 1922 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Clifford T Webb December 6, 1926 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 77 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 |
 Death | April 2, 1931 (Age 78 years) |
| Family with Mary C Norris |
| himself |
John Wesley Croft Birth: April 14, 1852 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 2, 1931 — Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Mary C Norris Birth: December 1851 — Vandever, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1910 — Biglick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Louia Belle Croft Birth: June 17, 1880 28 28 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 6, 1945 — Estill Springs, Franklin, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Harm Webb - Household
Franklin, Tennessee
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