John Foglesong1859–
- Name
- John Foglesong
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Foglesong
 Birth | about 1859 33 25 Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census |
 Birth of a sister | Rebecca Anne Foglesong November 15, 1859 |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Anne Foglesong May 5, 1860 (Age 16 months) |
 Census | August 14, 1860 (Age 19 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Levi Foglesong June 19, 1861 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | Levi Parker Foglesong August 28, 1862 (Age 3 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Roger Whitfield — Malinda Clark — View this family September 10, 1864 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Elizabeth Elanor Whitfield June 17, 1865 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Emma M Whitfield September 25, 1867 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 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 8 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 10 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 half-sister | Rosa Whitfield March 13, 1870 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jonas Clark Sr October 15, 1870 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Rosa Whitfield February 10, 1872 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Price Lee April 24, 1886 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a mother | Malinda Clark April 12, 1892 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Foglesong October 22, 1893 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 sister | Mary Foglesong December 20, 1907 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 sister | Phoebe Foglesong October 21, 1926 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 70 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 brother | Henry Levi Foglesong December 19, 1930 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Elizabeth Elanor Whitfield August 20, 1938 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Foglesong October 22, 1944 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 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 of a brother | John William Foglesong May 21, 1946 (Age 87 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Emma M Whitfield June 5, 1952 (Age 93 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 91 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 87 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 |
Levi Parker Foglesong Birth: February 28, 1825 — Rush, Indiana, United States Death: August 28, 1862 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Malinda Clark Birth: January 16, 1833 28 25 — Indiana, United States Death: April 12, 1892 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: February 17, 1848 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Mary Foglesong Birth: March 10, 1849 24 16 — Indiana, United States Death: December 20, 1907 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Martha Foglesong Birth: February 13, 1851 25 18 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: October 22, 1893 — Tipton, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Foglesong Birth: 1853 27 19 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: October 22, 1944 — Indiana, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
John William Foglesong Birth: January 20, 1855 29 22 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: May 21, 1946 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Phoebe Foglesong Birth: June 6, 1857 32 24 — Indiana, United States Death: October 21, 1926 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years himself |
John Foglesong Birth: about 1859 33 25 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: |
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10 months sister |
Rebecca Anne Foglesong Birth: November 15, 1859 34 26 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: May 5, 1860 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Henry Levi Foglesong Birth: June 19, 1861 36 28 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: December 19, 1930 — Indiana, United States |
| Mother’s family with Roger Whitfield |
| step-father |
Roger Whitfield Birth: February 10, 1843 — England, United Kingdom Death: February 20, 1901 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Malinda Clark Birth: January 16, 1833 28 25 — Indiana, United States Death: April 12, 1892 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: September 10, 1864 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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9 months half-sister |
Elizabeth Elanor Whitfield Birth: June 17, 1865 22 32 — Royal Center, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: August 20, 1938 — Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Emma M Whitfield Birth: September 25, 1867 24 34 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: June 5, 1952 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Rosa Whitfield Birth: March 13, 1870 27 37 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: February 10, 1872 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Levi Parker Foglesong - Household
Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States
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