Travis SmithAge: 23 years1855–1878
- Name
- Travis Smith
- Given names
- Travis
- Surname
- Smith
 Birth | 1855 27 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Laura Madora Smith October 26, 1857 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | August 24, 1860 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | DeWitt Smith 1861 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Joseph Higgerson December 25, 1861 (Age 6 years) Cause: Murdered |
| Birth of a brother | Jefferson Smith 1863 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Fountain Durrett Smith July 1, 1867 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 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 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy I Zachary 1868 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 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 |
| Census | July 21, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ada “Adie” Smith 1872 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Death | February 8, 1878 (Age 23 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Nicholas W Smith Birth: March 19, 1827 — Missouri, United States Death: January 13, 1893 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Lucy Frances Higgerson Birth: February 1832 39 37 — Virginia, United States Death: 1907 |
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Marriage: July 15, 1852 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years himself |
Travis Smith Birth: 1855 27 22 — Missouri, United States Death: February 8, 1878 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Laura Madora Smith Birth: October 26, 1857 30 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 24, 1936 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
DeWitt Smith Birth: 1861 33 28 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Jefferson Smith Birth: 1863 35 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Fountain Durrett Smith Birth: July 1, 1867 40 35 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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6 years younger sister |
Ada “Adie” Smith Birth: 1872 44 39 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Nicholas W Smith - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Nicholas W Smith - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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