James Wesley BrannumAge: 63 years1861–1925
- Name
- James Wesley Brannum
- Given names
- James Wesley
- Surname
- Brannum
 Birth | October 16, 1861 |
 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 5 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 5 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 7 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 |
 Marriage | Mary Jane Thomas — View this family about 1878 (Age 16 years) Note: Marriage info based on 1900 census |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 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 son#1 | Clarence Brannum March 5, 1886 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 8, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Jane Thomas July 28, 1903 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Clarence Brannum — Harriet June “Hattie” Warbington — View this family April 3, 1909 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 | August 21, 1925 (Age 63 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lone Hill Cemetery |
| Family with Mary Jane Thomas |
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James Wesley Brannum Birth: October 16, 1861 — Missouri, United States Death: August 21, 1925 — Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Mary Jane Thomas Birth: November 29, 1861 38 17 — Missouri, United States Death: July 28, 1903 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: about 1878 — Kentucky, United States |
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8 years son |
Clarence Brannum Birth: March 5, 1886 24 24 — Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1974 — Missouri, United States |
| Marriage | Marriage info based on 1900 census | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Wesley Brannum - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
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