William CowgillAge: 79 years1839–1918
- Name
- William Cowgill
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Cowgill
 Birth | April 13, 1839 37 38 |
 Death of a mother | Elizabeth Ullery before 1840 (Age 8 months) Note: Presumed she died before 1840 because she did not appear in the 1840 Census with her family |
 Census | June 1, 1840 (Age 13 months) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)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 |
| Census | August 7, 1850 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 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 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 38 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 76 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 77 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 78 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 | October 4, 1918 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McComb Union Cemetery Note: "Co G 3rd Reg OVC - Civil War" Note: "Plot: Railroad Track Row" |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Frederick Cowgill Birth: about 1802 — Virginia, United States Death: |
| mother |
Elizabeth Ullery Birth: from 1801 to 1810 28 Death: before 1840 — Ohio, United States |
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Marriage: June 13, 1826 — Ross, Ohio, United States |
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13 years himself |
William Cowgill Birth: April 13, 1839 37 38 — Ohio, United States Death: October 4, 1918 — McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States |
William Cowgill has 11 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (11)
Parents George Warner + Eliza Deliliah Ullery
| Census | 1840 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Cowgill - Household
Tymochtee, Crawford, Ohio, United States
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| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Cowgill - Household
Tymochtee, Wyandot, Ohio, United States
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| Burial | "Co G 3rd Reg OVC - Civil War" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | "Plot: Railroad Track Row" |