James Knox Polk StagnerAge: 91 years1844–1935
- Name
- James Knox Polk Stagner
- Given names
- James Knox Polk
- Surname
- Stagner
 Birth | April 1844 37 32 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 21 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner February 12, 1849 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Noel Ellison March 20, 1849 (Age 4 years) |
| 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 |
 Marriage | Zerutus Doretta Morris — View this family November 21, 1867 (Age 23 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Addie Stagner September 14, 1868 (Age 24 years) |
| 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 #2 | Annie Agnes Stagner January 24, 1871 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Maniza Jane Stagner May 2, 1873 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Clementine “Clemmie” Stagner November 2, 1875 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Lucy Evelyn Stagner December 12, 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 #6 | Genevieve Lee “Jennie” Stagner December 9, 1880 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Stagner about 1880 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Florence Lillie Stagner November 23, 1882 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Jessie C Stagner December 17, 1884 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lonel Desmond Hargis — Mary Addie Stagner — View this family April 9, 1885 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Arthur Hargis about 1886 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Joseph Madison “Joe” Stagner May 27, 1887 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Roy Hargis February 7, 1889 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner November 27, 1889 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | Isaac Brandon “Ike” Stagner December 4, 1891 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Clemons Ross — Maniza Jane Stagner — View this family November 17, 1892 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Hernando Seth Ross — Annie Agnes Stagner — View this family December 22, 1892 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Bertha Clemons Ross September 1, 1893 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Neal Stimpson — Clementine “Clemmie” Stagner — View this family May 14, 1894 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Daisie Beau Stimpson February 7, 1895 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Maggie Payton Ross May 21, 1896 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | William Henry Stimpson August 16, 1896 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Sallie May Ross March 19, 1898 (Age 53 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Ida Irene Stimpson November 4, 1898 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Annie Clementine Stimpson November 8, 1899 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Arthur Hargis before 1900 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Lela Vivian Ross January 4, 1900 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Joseph Samuel Ross October 15, 1901 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel J Bumpus — Lucy Evelyn Stagner — View this family July 28, 1903 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Samuel Stimpson September 7, 1903 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Henry Walker — Florence Lillie Stagner — View this family October 22, 1903 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Lucy Evelyn Stimpson May 13, 1904 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel Franklin Miles — Genevieve Lee “Jennie” Stagner — View this family May 29, 1904 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | Edgar Free Ross September 24, 1904 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell — Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner — View this family October 12, 1904 (Age 60 years) Note: A note written on marriage license stating that license was returned without any return made out. License was issued 12 Oct 1904, but not sure of marriage date. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Lillie Mae Walker about 1905 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a son | Jessie C Stagner November 9, 1905 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira Louis Ellis — Lucy Evelyn Stagner — View this family April 12, 1906 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #16 | Grady Wilson Miles August 19, 1906 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | Frank Glen Ross September 25, 1906 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #18 | Earline Louisa Shemwell February 2, 1907 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | Reva E Ellis February 7, 1907 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #20 | Wilton Samuel Miles August 21, 1907 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | Perry Leslie Miles October 9, 1908 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | Ruth Fay Stimpson February 8, 1909 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #23 | Jessie Wilton Shemwell March 8, 1909 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #24 | Bessie Ruth Shemwell March 8, 1909 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #25 | Reuben Gray Ross September 18, 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #26 | Joe Stimpson January 1, 1911 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #27 | Geneva Ianthia Ellis May 8, 1911 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #28 | Virgil Corbett Miles May 27, 1911 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #29 | James Elam “Troy” Shemwell March 31, 1912 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #30 | Woodrow Wilson Ross August 27, 1912 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #31 | Louie Stimpson February 1, 1913 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #32 | Joseph Clarence Miles June 23, 1913 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #33 | Florence Elizabeth Shemwell February 20, 1914 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner January 11, 1915 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #34 | Mary Ethel Miles November 2, 1915 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #35 | Isaac Graham Walker November 11, 1915 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Mary Ethel Miles May 11, 1916 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #36 | Verna Aline Ellis May 14, 1916 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #37 | Clara Geneva Walker May 15, 1917 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a wife | Zerutus Doretta Morris June 13, 1917 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #38 | Infant Miles October 27, 1917 (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Isaac Brandon “Ike” Stagner — Annie Lee Stimson — View this family about 1917 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Infant Miles October 27, 1917 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #39 | Bishop Brandon Shemwell December 21, 1917 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #40 | Morris Stagner June 9, 1918 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Maggie Payton Ross October 15, 1918 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #41 | Ira Louis Ellis Jr. October 18, 1918 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 72 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 73 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/ |
| Death of a daughter | Genevieve Lee “Jennie” Stagner January 5, 1919 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #42 | Clarence Martin Shemwell May 3, 1920 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Daisie Beau Stimpson August 11, 1920 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #43 | Marvin E Walker February 28, 1921 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #44 | Gordon Stagner August 27, 1921 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Gordon Stagner September 16, 1921 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #45 | William H Ellis November 2, 1921 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #46 | Duncan Eve “Dunk” Shemwell January 31, 1922 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #47 | Sidney Neal Shemwell April 12, 1924 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Edgar Free Ross April 25, 1925 (Age 81 years) |
| Burial of a grandson | Edgar Free Ross April 26, 1925 (Age 81 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lucas-Rose Cemetery |
| Death of a daughter | Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner September 2, 1926 (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Desmond Franklin Hargis — Florence Lillie Stagner — View this family July 6, 1929 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 85 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 of a daughter | Mary Addie Stagner October 16, 1931 (Age 87 years) |
| Burial of a daughter | Mary Addie Stagner October 17, 1931 (Age 87 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Cemetery |
| Death of a granddaughter | Lela Vivian Ross December 9, 1933 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | July 7, 1935 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Stagner Birth: October 24, 1806 Death: about 1880 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Noel Ellison Birth: about 1812 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 20, 1849 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 29, 1830 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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14 years himself |
James Knox Polk Stagner Birth: April 1844 37 32 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 7, 1935 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner Birth: February 12, 1849 42 37 — Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: January 11, 1915 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Zerutus Doretta Morris |
| himself |
James Knox Polk Stagner Birth: April 1844 37 32 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 7, 1935 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Zerutus Doretta Morris Birth: June 13, 1850 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 13, 1917 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 21, 1867 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Mary Addie Stagner Birth: September 14, 1868 24 18 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 16, 1931 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Annie Agnes Stagner Birth: January 24, 1871 26 20 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 23, 1941 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Maniza Jane Stagner Birth: May 2, 1873 29 22 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 24, 1941 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Clementine “Clemmie” Stagner Birth: November 2, 1875 31 25 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 20, 1962 — Marion, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Lucy Evelyn Stagner Birth: December 12, 1878 34 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 6, 1944 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Genevieve Lee “Jennie” Stagner Birth: December 9, 1880 36 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 5, 1919 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Florence Lillie Stagner Birth: November 23, 1882 38 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 14, 1964 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Jessie C Stagner Birth: December 17, 1884 40 34 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 9, 1905 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Joseph Madison “Joe” Stagner Birth: May 27, 1887 43 36 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 27, 1945 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner Birth: November 27, 1889 45 39 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 2, 1926 — Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Isaac Brandon “Ike” Stagner Birth: December 4, 1891 47 41 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 1974 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |