 Birth | January 24, 1879 |
 Marriage | Mary Elizabeth Baker — View this family December 16, 1897 (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage | Leilia Giddens — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 | James Richard Pirkey October 18, 1898 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Elizabeth Baker April 14, 1900 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Henry Pirkey Jr about 1908 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Lewis F Pirkey 1909 (Age 29 years) |
 Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 36 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | James Richard Pirkey — Frances Cecelia Vitter — View this family March 18, 1918 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 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 38 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Frances Pirkey March 18, 1920 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Richard Pirkey Jr October 30, 1924 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Gerie Lamerne Pirkey August 11, 1929 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 50 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 #4 | Martha Louise Pirkey December 27, 1930 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Peggy Ann Pirkey January 14, 1940 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Charles Edward Pirkey January 4, 1942 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a son | James Richard Pirkey October 5, 1946 (Age 67 years) Cause: Heart Attack |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a wife | Leilia Giddens February 19, 1957 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 66 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | May 21, 1963 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery |