Abram Walker “Abe” GorrellAge: 77 years1860–1938
- Name
- Abram Walker “Abe” Gorrell
- Given names
- Abram Walker
- Surname
- Gorrell
- Nickname
- Abe
 Birth | August 17, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 months)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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 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 37 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 |
 Marriage | Mary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn — View this family between 1911 and 1920 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 wife | Mary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn April 19, 1936 (Age 75 years) |
 Death | July 30, 1938 (Age 77 years) |
| Family with Mary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn |
| himself |
Abram Walker “Abe” Gorrell Birth: August 17, 1860 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1938 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn Birth: March 1864 40 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1936 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: between 1911 and 1920 — |
| Joshua S Hall + Mary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn |
| wife’s husband |
Joshua S Hall Birth: March 9, 1855 30 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn Birth: March 1864 40 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1936 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1891 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months step-daughter |
Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall Birth: October 30, 1892 37 28 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1960 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States |