Leander RamseyAge: 68 years1852–1920
- Name
- Leander Ramsey
- Given names
- Leander
- Surname
- Ramsey
 Birth | April 26, 1852 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 |
 Marriage | Susan Ellen Troutman — View this family June 10, 1874 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Alfred Ramsey about 1876 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 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 wife | Susan Ellen Troutman March 7, 1880 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 63 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 64 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 65 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/ |
 Death | July 24, 1920 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Family with Susan Ellen Troutman |
| himself |
Leander Ramsey Birth: April 26, 1852 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: July 24, 1920 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Susan Ellen Troutman Birth: November 5, 1853 49 37 — Indiana, United States Death: March 7, 1880 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: June 10, 1874 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 years son |
Alfred Ramsey Birth: about 1876 23 22 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: |