Samuel C GillespieAge: 56 years1850–1906
- Name
- Samuel C Gillespie
- Given names
- Samuel C
- Surname
- Gillespie
- Also known as
- Samuel G Gillespie
 Birth | about 1850 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 11 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 17 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 17 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 19 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 28 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 Foglesong — View this family January 8, 1885 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 | before November 14, 1906 (Age 56 years) |
| Obituary | Samuel G Gillespie Obituary November 14, 1906 |
| Family with Mary Foglesong |
| himself |
Samuel C Gillespie Birth: about 1850 — Indiana, United States Death: before November 14, 1906 — Elkhart, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Mary Foglesong Birth: March 10, 1849 24 16 — Indiana, United States Death: December 20, 1907 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 8, 1885 — Indiana, United States |
| Reuben St Clair Blackburn + Mary Foglesong |
| wife’s husband |
Reuben St Clair Blackburn Birth: February 6, 1842 32 22 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: February 15, 1876 — Royal Center, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Mary Foglesong Birth: March 10, 1849 24 16 — Indiana, United States Death: December 20, 1907 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: April 10, 1866 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
| Charles Frederick Newmaster + Mary Foglesong |
| wife’s husband |
Charles Frederick Newmaster Birth: May 1860 — Indiana, United States Death: August 19, 1945 — Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Mary Foglesong Birth: March 10, 1849 24 16 — Indiana, United States Death: December 20, 1907 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: September 21, 1882 — Indiana, United States |