Lycurgus EmmettAge: 51 years1864–1916
- Name
- Lycurgus Emmett
- Given names
- Lycurgus
- Surname
- Emmett
 Birth | October 1864 34 23 |
 Life Story | Lycurgus Emmett Life Story |
 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Percy Emmett February 6, 1869 (Age 4 years) |
| 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 |
| Death of a mother | Mary Marilla Powell December 5, 1876 (Age 12 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William M “Willie” Emmett — Harriet Caroline Clark — View this family about 1878 (Age 13 years) Note: Marriage year/place based on birth of first child |
| 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 |
| Birth of a half-brother | William Clark Emmett December 25, 1879 (Age 15 years) |
 Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | William M “Willie” Emmett May 5, 1893 (Age 28 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 |
| Death of a half-brother | William Clark Emmett June 6, 1906 (Age 41 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 |
 Death | May 25, 1916 (Age 51 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William M “Willie” Emmett Birth: 1830 — Skipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Death: May 5, 1893 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Mary Marilla Powell Birth: October 14, 1840 Death: December 5, 1876 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 1, 1864 — Indiana, United States |
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10 months himself |
Lycurgus Emmett Birth: October 1864 34 23 — Indiana, United States Death: May 25, 1916 — Logansport, Eel Township, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Percy Emmett Birth: February 6, 1869 39 28 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: June 23, 1938 — Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States |
| Father’s family with Harriet Caroline Clark |
| father |
William M “Willie” Emmett Birth: 1830 — Skipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Death: May 5, 1893 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| step-mother |
Harriet Caroline Clark Birth: December 18, 1840 36 33 — Indiana, United States Death: March 20, 1920 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: about 1878 — Indiana, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
William Clark Emmett Birth: December 25, 1879 49 39 — Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States Death: June 6, 1906 — Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States |
Lycurgus Emmett has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William M “Willie” Emmett - Household
ED 120 Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States
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| Life Story | Lycurgus Emmett is an offspring of two noted families of marble and granite workers, the Emmetts and the Powells -- the former hailing from Yorkshire, England, and the latter being scattered through the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indian, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina.
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