James Samuel McMeekinAge: 73 years1871–1945
- Name
- James Samuel McMeekin
- Given names
- James Samuel
- Surname
- McMeekin
 Birth | December 21, 1871 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 6 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Volney Jane Drew — View this family November 21, 1897 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Rolfe Vasso McMeekin March 10, 1899 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jesse F McMeekin June 16, 1902 (Age 30 years) |
 Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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/ |
| Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Rolfe Vasso McMeekin — Mary Elizabeth Huckabee — View this family April 10, 1921 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 57 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 | January 1, 1945 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Bundrant Cemetery |
| Family with Volney Jane Drew |
| himself |
James Samuel McMeekin Birth: December 21, 1871 — Texas, United States Death: January 1, 1945 — Texas, United States |
| wife |
Volney Jane Drew Birth: February 4, 1877 47 31 — Levita, Coryell, Texas, United States Death: March 8, 1950 — Purmela, Coryell, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: November 21, 1897 — Coryell, Texas, United States |
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16 months son |
Rolfe Vasso McMeekin Birth: March 10, 1899 27 22 — Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States Death: August 2, 1976 — Oglesby, Coryell, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
Jesse F McMeekin Birth: June 16, 1902 30 25 — Coryell, Texas, United States Death: June 24, 1990 — Parker, Texas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Volney Jane Drew - Household
ED 34 Coryell, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Volney Jane Drew - Household
Coryell, Texas, United States
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