John Cotter1854–
- Name
- John Cotter
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Cotter
 Birth | about 1854 25 18 Note: Birth year/place based on 1860 Census |
 Marriage of a parent | Thomas F Duncan — Sarah Ann Jones — View this family February 21, 1858 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mary E Duncan about 1859 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | July 2, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Martha V Duncan September 13, 1861 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 of a parent | Robert McGehee — Sarah Ann Jones — View this family April 16, 1866 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Robert Gordon McGehee August 8, 1867 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 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 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Tabitha Clementine McGehee August 16, 1869 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 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 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a parent | Andrew J Brown — Sarah Ann Jones — View this family after 1880 (Age 26 years) Note: in the 1880 Census she was listed as a McGehee. In the 1900 Census she was listed as Sarah Brown, Widow. |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Ann Jones November 18, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Martha V Duncan August 16, 1915 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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 half-brother | Robert Gordon McGehee July 9, 1921 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 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 half-sister | Tabitha Clementine McGehee August 9, 1942 (Age 88 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 87 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 96 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 92 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Cotter Birth: about 1829 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| mother |
Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: about 1853 — Tennessee, United States |
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2 years himself |
John Cotter Birth: about 1854 25 18 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Robert McGehee |
| step-father |
Robert McGehee Birth: about 1822 22 17 — Missouri, United States Death: October 12, 1870 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: April 16, 1866 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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16 months half-brother |
Robert Gordon McGehee Birth: August 8, 1867 45 31 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 9, 1921 — Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Tabitha Clementine McGehee Birth: August 16, 1869 47 33 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States Death: August 9, 1942 — Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States |
| Mother’s family with Andrew J Brown |
| step-father |
Andrew J Brown Death: June 21, 1896 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: after 1880 — |
| Mother’s family with Thomas F Duncan |
| step-father |
Thomas F Duncan Birth: about 1833 33 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: about 1865 |
| mother |
Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: February 21, 1858 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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22 months half-sister |
Mary E Duncan Birth: about 1859 26 23 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years half-sister |
Martha V Duncan Birth: September 13, 1861 28 25 — Missouri, United States Death: August 16, 1915 — Texas, United States |
| Birth | Birth year/place based on 1860 Census | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas F Duncan - Household
Butler, Missouri, United States
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