Franklin Green MeredithAge: 76 years1861–1938
- Name
- Franklin Green Meredith
- Given names
- Franklin Green
- Surname
- Meredith
 Birth | October 3, 1861 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Ida Nola Holland — View this family May 7, 1891 (Age 29 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Lula Pearl Meredith September 25, 1892 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charles Lester “Red” Meredith July 19, 1894 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mildred M “Millie” Meredith March 7, 1896 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Ralph Meredith March 11, 1898 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a son | Ralph Meredith March 27, 1898 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a wife | Ida Nola Holland February 24, 1911 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Leo Franklin Richards September 20, 1915 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 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 | J A Logan Galyean — Lula Pearl Meredith — View this family before 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 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 56 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Edgar A Goodwin — Lula Pearl Meredith — View this family August 26, 1919 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Lester “Red” Meredith — Viola May Miller — View this family December 20, 1919 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Lula Pearl Meredith November 13, 1922 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 | March 26, 1938 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fredonia Cemetery |
| Family with Ida Nola Holland |
| himself |
Franklin Green Meredith Birth: October 3, 1861 — Illinois, United States Death: March 26, 1938 — Carrigan, Marion, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Ida Nola Holland Birth: March 3, 1875 24 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: February 24, 1911 — Franklin, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: May 7, 1891 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Lula Pearl Meredith Birth: September 25, 1892 30 17 — Odin, Marion, Illinois, United States Death: November 13, 1922 — Sandoval, Marion, Illinois, United States |
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22 months son |
Charles Lester “Red” Meredith Birth: July 19, 1894 32 19 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: April 19, 1977 — DeWitt, Illinois, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Mildred M “Millie” Meredith Birth: March 7, 1896 34 21 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: December 1980 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
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2 years son |
Ralph Meredith Birth: March 11, 1898 36 23 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: March 27, 1898 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
| Jessie L Grant Abbott + Ida Nola Holland |
| wife’s husband |
Jessie L Grant Abbott Birth: February 16, 1872 — Indiana, United States Death: July 30, 1914 — Franklin, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Ida Nola Holland Birth: March 3, 1875 24 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: February 24, 1911 — Franklin, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1903 — |
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13 months step-son |
Cecil Earl Abbott Birth: February 14, 1904 31 28 — Missouri, United States Death: October 25, 1969 — Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States |
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5 years step-son |
Everett Guy Abbott Birth: September 18, 1908 36 33 — Indiana, United States Death: February 14, 1938 — Van Buren, Clay, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Franklin Green Meredith - Household
Carrigan, Marion, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Franklin Green Meredith - Household
Carrigan, Marion, Illinois
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