Adam P KoontzAge: 85 years1840–1926
- Name
- Adam P Koontz
- Given names
- Adam P
- Surname
- Koontz
 Birth | September 13, 1840 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 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 20 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 26 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 26 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 28 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 |
 Marriage | Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost — View this family before 1870 (Age 29 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Rosa Alice Koontz September 25, 1870 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lillie Catherine “Kate” Koontz September 12, 1873 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 37 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #3 | John W Koontz about 1880 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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 son | John W Koontz before 1900 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 75 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 76 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 77 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 | January 29, 1926 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Little Rock National Cemetery |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost |
| himself |
Adam P Koontz Birth: September 13, 1840 — Bremen, Marshall, Indiana, United States Death: January 29, 1926 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost Birth: September 12, 1851 32 29 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 30, 1929 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: before 1870 — |
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9 months daughter |
Rosa Alice Koontz Birth: September 25, 1870 30 19 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 7, 1954 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Lillie Catherine “Kate” Koontz Birth: September 12, 1873 32 22 — Bremen, Marshall, Indiana, United States Death: November 5, 1968 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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7 years son |
John W Koontz Birth: about 1880 39 28 — Marion, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1900 |
| Edward Perkins + Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost |
| wife’s husband |
Edward Perkins Birth: about 1854 Death: May 31, 1888 — Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost Birth: September 12, 1851 32 29 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 30, 1929 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: May 24, 1884 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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16 months step-daughter |
Myrtle Lena Massey Adoption: Birth: September 15, 1885 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States Death: July 13, 1939 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| James Kindred Massey + Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost |
| wife’s husband |
James Kindred Massey Birth: April 4, 1845 — Floyd, Georgia, United States Death: September 27, 1942 — Sweet Home, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost Birth: September 12, 1851 32 29 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 30, 1929 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: July 3, 1890 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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-5 years step-daughter |
Myrtle Lena Massey Adoption: Birth: September 15, 1885 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States Death: July 13, 1939 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years step-daughter |
Ivy Maude Massey Birth: November 17, 1890 45 39 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States Death: October 17, 1973 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years step-son |
Samuel Edward Massey Birth: August 25, 1894 49 42 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States Death: November 19, 1957 — San Diego, San Diego, California, United States |