Thomas Lindsay WillisAge: 75 years1868–1944
- Name
- Thomas Lindsay Willis
- Given names
- Thomas Lindsay
- Surname
- Willis
![]() | August 25, 1868 |
![]() | Effie Love … — View this family unknown |
![]() | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 months)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 |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
![]() | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 |
![]() | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
![]() #1 | Sara Louise Willis January 28, 1918 (Age 49 years) |
![]() | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 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 |
![]() | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 49 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/ |
![]() | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 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 |
![]() #1 | Peggy Sue Crist June 18, 1942 (Age 73 years) |
![]() | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 |
![]() | August 9, 1944 (Age 75 years) |
Family with Effie Love … |
himself |
Thomas Lindsay Willis Birth: August 25, 1868 — Greene, Missouri, United States Death: August 9, 1944 — Strafford, Greene, Missouri, United States |
wife |
Effie Love … Birth: December 27, 1876 — Greene, Missouri, United States Death: April 23, 1966 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
Marriage: — |
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daughter |
Sara Louise Willis Birth: January 28, 1918 49 41 — Strafford, Greene, Missouri, United States Death: September 8, 1998 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |