Obediah Pearson Amacker1838–
- Name
- Obediah Pearson Amacker
- Given names
- Obediah Pearson
- Surname
- Amacker
 Birth | December 17, 1838 27 25 |
 Birth of a brother | Hezekiah J Amacker 1840 (Age 12 months) |
| Birth of a brother | William L Amacker August 9, 1843 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ella Dean Amacker October 28, 1847 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Delilah Amacker August 17, 1849 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Margaret Amacker 1854 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 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 22 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 28 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 28 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 30 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 maternal grandfather | Obediah B Pearson 1871 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mosilla Pearson July 25, 1871 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 77 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 78 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 79 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 90 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 102 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 107 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 |
Nathaniel Amacker Birth: November 17, 1811 — Pike, Mississippi, United States Death: |
| mother |
Mosilla Pearson Birth: December 13, 1813 19 — Louisiana, United States Death: July 25, 1871 — Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: 1831 — Louisiana, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Cindarella Amacker Birth: 1834 22 20 — Louisiana, United States Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
Samuel Jackson Amacker Birth: 1835 23 21 — Louisiana, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Richard Marshall Amacker Birth: 1837 25 23 — St. Helena, Louisiana, United States Death: |
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23 months himself |
Obediah Pearson Amacker Birth: December 17, 1838 27 25 — Kent, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
Hezekiah J Amacker Birth: 1840 28 26 — Louisiana, United States Death: |
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4 years younger brother |
William L Amacker Birth: August 9, 1843 31 29 — Louisiana, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Ella Dean Amacker Birth: October 28, 1847 35 33 — St. Helena, Louisiana, United States Death: |
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22 months younger sister |
Delilah Amacker Birth: August 17, 1849 37 35 — Louisiana, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Margaret Amacker Birth: 1854 42 40 — Louisiana, United States Death: |