John W Fray1857–
- Name
- John W Fray
- Given names
- John W
- Surname
- Fray
 Birth | 1857 24 21 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Fray 1858 (Age 12 months) |
 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 | August 28, 1860 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry G Fray 1862 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Susan F Fray 1863 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray July 15, 1865 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 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 10 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | DeWitt C Fray 1869 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 12 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 |
| Census | June 21, 1870 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Katie B Fray 1871 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Zachery Herndon August 7, 1873 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Thomas Fray May 11, 1877 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Fox December 21, 1885 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray December 9, 1893 (Age 36 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 father | John A Fray April 2, 1901 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Elizabeth Herndon March 5, 1911 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 72 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 84 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 | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 93 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 89 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 |
John A Fray Birth: August 14, 1832 — Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1901 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Martha Elizabeth Herndon Birth: March 12, 1835 32 33 — Missouri, United States Death: March 5, 1911 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: January 6, 1853 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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11 months elder brother |
James Thomas Fray Birth: November 22, 1853 21 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 11, 1877 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Benjamin A Fray Birth: 1855 22 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years himself |
John W Fray Birth: 1857 24 21 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Fray Birth: 1858 25 22 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Henry G Fray Birth: 1862 29 26 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Susan F Fray Birth: 1863 30 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray Birth: July 15, 1865 32 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 9, 1893 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
DeWitt C Fray Birth: 1869 36 33 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Katie B Fray Birth: 1871 38 35 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John A Fray - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John A Fray - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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