John P McMillanAge: 68 years1844–1912
- Name
- John P McMillan
- Given names
- John P
- Surname
- McMillan
 Birth | February 22, 1844 27 18 |
 Marriage of parents | Neil McMillan — Mary J “Polly” Crosswell — View this family estimated 1844 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Hugh McMillan September 6, 1847 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 22 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 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 17 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 22 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 22 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 24 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 33 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 father | Neil McMillan October 24, 1893 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 mother | Mary J “Polly” Crosswell 1905 (Age 60 years) |
 Death | December 12, 1912 (Age 68 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Neil McMillan Birth: June 17, 1816 32 27 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 24, 1893 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mary J “Polly” Crosswell Birth: about 1826 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: 1905 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1844 — |
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2 months himself |
John P McMillan Birth: February 22, 1844 27 18 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: December 12, 1912 — Rutherford, Tennessee, United States |