John William TurnerAge: 63 years1865–1928
- Name
- John William Turner
- Given names
- John William
- Surname
- Turner
 Birth | September 25, 1865 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 15 months)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 15 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Minnie M Allen — View this family December 9, 1891 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 daughter#1 | Eva Lee Turner June 4, 1901 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Maulta Louise Groves August 10, 1928 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | November 28, 1928 (Age 63 years) |
| Family with Minnie M Allen |
| himself |
John William Turner Birth: September 25, 1865 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 28, 1928 — Ennis, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Minnie M Allen Birth: January 16, 1870 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 16, 1955 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 9, 1891 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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10 years daughter |
Eva Lee Turner Birth: June 4, 1901 35 31 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 17, 1990 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States |