William E Turley1849–
- Name
- William E Turley
- Given names
- William E
- Surname
- Turley
 Birth | 1849 25 21 |
 Birth of a brother | Marion Turley 1850 (Age 12 months) |
 Census | September 18, 1850 (Age 20 months) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Stephen Turley December 22, 1851 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Franklin Turley 1854 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Luella “Ella” Turley March 25, 1857 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | August 23, 1860 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Joseph Higgerson December 25, 1861 (Age 12 years) Cause: Murdered |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 brother | R E Turley 1865 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 18 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 18 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy I Zachary 1868 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Turley February 1870 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | August 5, 1870 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Clay Turley April 26, 1877 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 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 paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Ruble Jones about 1879 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a mother | Jane Theresa Higgerson April 24, 1894 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 67 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 68 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 69 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 80 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 of a sister | Luella “Ella” Turley February 14, 1938 (Age 89 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 92 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 101 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 97 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 |
Henry Clay Turley Birth: February 28, 1823 36 33 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 26, 1877 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Jane Theresa Higgerson Birth: July 18, 1827 34 32 — Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States Death: April 24, 1894 |
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Marriage: May 21, 1846 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years himself |
William E Turley Birth: 1849 25 21 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
Marion Turley Birth: 1850 26 22 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Franklin Turley Birth: 1854 30 26 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Luella “Ella” Turley Birth: March 25, 1857 34 29 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 14, 1938 — Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States |
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9 years younger brother |
R E Turley Birth: 1865 41 37 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Henry Turley Birth: February 1870 46 42 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
William E Turley has 20 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (20)
Parents Samuel F Morton + Angeline Higgerson
Parents Nicholas W Smith + Lucy Frances Higgerson
Parents Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson + Mary Frances Herndon
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Henry Clay Turley - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Clay Turley - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
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