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John Prestly CollinsAge: 56 years18781934

Name
John Prestly Collins
Given names
John Prestly
Surname
Collins
Birth about 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageChristine Anna ParhamView this family
December 23, 1897 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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 38 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 39 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 40 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 51 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
Death May 15, 1934 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverview Cemetery
Family with Christine Anna Parham - View this family
himself
John Prestly Collins
Birth: about 1878Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1934Olla, La Salle, Louisiana, United States
wife
Christine Anna Parham
Birth: July 27, 1868 35 28Douglas, Missouri, United States
Death: December 28, 1949New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Marriage: December 23, 1897Grandin, Carter, Missouri, United States

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