James Lafayette BrownAge: 69 years1864–1933
- Name
- James Lafayette Brown
- Given names
- James Lafayette
- Surname
- Brown
 Birth | April 4, 1864 34 35 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Mary Temperance Selby — View this family about 1885 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Martha Lavada Brown July 28, 1886 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ulysses Wilburn Brown July 26, 1888 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 |
 Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | May 9, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mildred Cora Brown October 15, 1913 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ulysses Wilburn Brown — Lillian Mae “Lillie” Matthews — View this family about 1913 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Derris “Dock” Hinch — Martha Lavada Brown — View this family April 13, 1914 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Roger Garland Hinch May 9, 1915 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Paul H Brown September 23, 1915 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | James Derris “Jay” Hinch May 27, 1918 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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 mother | Emily E Miller February 15, 1919 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Carl H Brown December 18, 1921 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a father | Jesse Walker Brown March 2, 1924 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Temperance Selby June 23, 1929 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 |
| Census | April 9, 1930 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Paul H Brown June 11, 1930 (Age 66 years) Cause: Drowning |
 Death | September 2, 1933 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jesse Walker Brown Birth: March 19, 1830 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 2, 1924 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Emily E Miller Birth: April 7, 1828 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 15, 1919 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Sara Elizabeth Brown Birth: April 7, 1857 27 29 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: February 2, 1944 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years himself |
James Lafayette Brown Birth: April 4, 1864 34 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 2, 1933 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Mary Temperance Selby |
| himself |
James Lafayette Brown Birth: April 4, 1864 34 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 2, 1933 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Mary Temperance Selby Birth: September 21, 1858 34 31 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: June 23, 1929 — Bearden, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1885 — |
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19 months daughter |
Martha Lavada Brown Birth: July 28, 1886 22 27 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 7, 1983 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Ulysses Wilburn Brown Birth: July 26, 1888 24 29 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 1938 — Tennessee, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Brown - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Brown - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Brown - Household
Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee
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