Benjamin Thomas HerndonAge: 90 years1859–1949
- Name
- Benjamin Thomas Herndon
- Given names
- Benjamin Thomas
- Surname
- Herndon
 Birth | July 7, 1859 26 17 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 20, 1860 (Age 11 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Anna Brown Herndon 1862 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William H Herndon 1864 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 months)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 |
| Birth of a brother | John W Herndon 1866 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 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 7 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Lester H Herndon 1868 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Ella B Herndon 1871 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James G Herndon 1873 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Pope February 14, 1873 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Benjamin Zachery Herndon August 7, 1873 (Age 14 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | George Clark Herndon — Lucinda Windsor — View this family Type: Religious marriage May 19, 1874 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 30, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a father | George Clark Herndon May 24, 1885 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Susan Fox December 21, 1885 (Age 26 years) |
 Religious marriage | Stella May Short — View this family December 26, 1888 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Amy Gladys Herndon February 1890 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Lester Morgan Herndon January 1893 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 14, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mildred L Herndon March 11, 1901 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a wife | Stella May Short January 24, 1912 (Age 52 years) |
| Burial of a wife | Stella May Short January 25, 1912 (Age 52 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery |
| Marriage | Rozetta Call — View this family October 20, 1913 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Lester Morgan Herndon — Eva L Sandidge — View this family January 13, 1917 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 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 58 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 | February 2, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 70 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 |
| Census | April 17, 1930 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lester H Herndon December 8, 1932 (Age 73 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Burial of a brother | Lester H Herndon 1932 (Age 72 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery |
| Census | May 4, 1940 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 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 86 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 | December 2, 1949 (Age 90 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Clark Herndon Birth: January 28, 1833 30 31 — Missouri, United States Death: May 24, 1885 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Pope Birth: about January 27, 1842 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 14, 1873 |
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Marriage: January 26, 1858 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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17 months himself |
Benjamin Thomas Herndon Birth: July 7, 1859 26 17 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 2, 1949 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Anna Brown Herndon Birth: 1862 28 19 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
William H Herndon Birth: 1864 30 21 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
John W Herndon Birth: 1866 32 23 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Lester H Herndon Birth: 1868 34 25 — Missouri, United States Death: December 8, 1932 — El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Ella B Herndon Birth: 1871 37 28 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
James G Herndon Birth: 1873 39 30 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Lucinda Windsor |
| father |
George Clark Herndon Birth: January 28, 1833 30 31 — Missouri, United States Death: May 24, 1885 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Lucinda Windsor Birth: 1833 Death: |
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Marriage: May 19, 1874 — Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Stella May Short |
| himself |
Benjamin Thomas Herndon Birth: July 7, 1859 26 17 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 2, 1949 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Stella May Short Birth: September 24, 1870 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: January 24, 1912 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 26, 1888 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Amy Gladys Herndon Birth: February 1890 30 19 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Lester Morgan Herndon Birth: January 1893 33 22 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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8 years daughter |
Mildred L Herndon Birth: March 11, 1901 41 30 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| Family with Rozetta Call |
| himself |
Benjamin Thomas Herndon Birth: July 7, 1859 26 17 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 2, 1949 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Rozetta Call Death: |
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Marriage: October 20, 1913 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
Benjamin Thomas Herndon has 31 first cousins recorded
Father's family (31)
Parents William James Herndon + Mary E McMahan
Parents John A Fray + Martha Elizabeth Herndon
Parents Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson + Mary Frances Herndon
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - George Clark Herndon - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - George Clark Herndon - Household
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Thomas Herndon - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Thomas Herndon - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Lester H Herndon - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lester Morgan Herndon - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Thomas Herndon - Household
Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
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