George Wesley CravenAge: 73 years1857–1931
- Name
- George Wesley Craven
- Given names
- George Wesley
- Surname
- Craven
 Birth | September 24, 1857 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Ella Frances Fuller — View this family February 27, 1882 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven December 28, 1890 (Age 33 years) |
 Census | 1895 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven — Mary Pearl Troutman — View this family March 27, 1912 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Russell Merlin Craven December 27, 1912 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Dorothy Pearl Craven March 24, 1915 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Bennett Neal Craven November 27, 1917 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Geneva Fern Craven July 5, 1921 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 | August 12, 1931 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Corzine Cemetery |
| Family with Ella Frances Fuller |
| himself |
George Wesley Craven Birth: September 24, 1857 — Milan, Ripley, Indiana, United States Death: August 12, 1931 — Corbin, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Ella Frances Fuller Birth: August 29, 1859 — Dearborn, Indiana, United States Death: January 14, 1932 — Corbin, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 27, 1882 — Dearborn, Indiana, United States |
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9 years son |
Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven Birth: December 28, 1890 33 31 — Corbin, Montgomery, Kansas, United States Death: November 11, 1968 — Geuda Springs, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
No family available
| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - George Wesley Craven - Household
Sumner, Atchison, Kansas, United States
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