William Elsworth Walker Sr.Age: 72 years1869–1941
- Name
- William Elsworth Walker Sr.
- Given names
- William Elsworth
- Surname
- Walker
- Name suffix
- Sr.
 Birth | April 12, 1869 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: 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 8 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins — View this family March 27, 1891 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 46 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 47 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 48 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 60 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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 |
 Death | December 17, 1941 (Age 72 years) |
| Family with Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins |
| himself |
William Elsworth Walker Sr. Birth: April 12, 1869 — North Carolina, United States Death: December 17, 1941 — Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Caroline Catherine “Carrie” Coggins Birth: October 4, 1874 26 19 — Stanly, North Carolina, United States Death: April 10, 1946 — Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: March 27, 1891 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States |