David Oliver RuckerAge: 55 years1844–1900
- Name
- David Oliver Rucker
- Given names
- David Oliver
- Surname
- Rucker
 Birth | January 22, 1844 |
 Marriage | Elizabeth Jane Alsup — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 23 months)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 12 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 17 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 22 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 22 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 24 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 daughter#1 | Lucy O Rucker February 23, 1878 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 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 #2 | Virginia Hygiea Rucker June 1880 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | David Oliver Rucker Jr. September 15, 1882 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 |
 Death | about 1900 (Age 55 years) |
| Family with Elizabeth Jane Alsup |
| himself |
David Oliver Rucker Birth: January 22, 1844 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States Death: about 1900 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Elizabeth Jane Alsup Birth: May 16, 1848 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States Death: December 31, 1903 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Lucy O Rucker Birth: February 23, 1878 34 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 27, 1914 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Virginia Hygiea Rucker Birth: June 1880 36 32 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years son |
David Oliver Rucker Jr. Birth: September 15, 1882 38 34 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States Death: March 1, 1946 — Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States |