John BucknerAge: 75 years1843–1918
- Name
- John Buckner
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Buckner
 Birth | June 2, 1843 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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 13 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 17 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 | Mariah Melvina Bennett — View this family November 23, 1865 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Harlan Buckner September 26, 1866 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 23 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 23 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Walter Howard Buckner March 10, 1868 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 25 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 |
| Birth of a son #3 | Samuel Lewis Buckner March 23, 1870 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Mary Elizabeth Buckner August 4, 1872 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 wife | Mariah Melvina Bennett March 16, 1900 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 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 73 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 74 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 | October 19, 1918 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with Mariah Melvina Bennett |
| himself |
John Buckner Birth: June 2, 1843 — Richland, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: October 19, 1918 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Mariah Melvina Bennett Birth: February 26, 1846 23 19 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: March 16, 1900 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 23, 1865 — Greene, Indiana, United States |
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10 months son |
Harlan Buckner Birth: September 26, 1866 23 20 — Greene, Indiana, United States Death: July 17, 1951 — Morris, Kansas, United States |
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17 months son |
Walter Howard Buckner Birth: March 10, 1868 24 22 — Richland, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: September 20, 1942 — Kansas, United States |
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2 years son |
Samuel Lewis Buckner Birth: March 23, 1870 26 24 — Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: after 1930 |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Buckner Birth: August 4, 1872 29 26 — Richland, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: February 22, 1962 — Centralia, Nemaha, Kansas, United States |