Franklin Henry GroffAge: 74 years1862–1937
- Name
- Franklin Henry Groff
- Given names
- Franklin Henry
- Surname
- Groff
 Birth | November 28, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 | Lydia Viola Gunkie — View this family December 20, 1899 (Age 37 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Raymond Harold Groff April 19, 1904 (Age 41 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 66 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 | January 3, 1937 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: West Frantz Cemetery |
| Family with Lydia Viola Gunkie |
| himself |
Franklin Henry Groff Birth: November 28, 1862 — Stark, Ohio, United States Death: January 3, 1937 — Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Lydia Viola Gunkie Birth: November 2, 1877 — Piatt, Illinois, United States Death: March 5, 1957 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1899 — Oakley, Macon, Illinois, United States |
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4 years son |
Raymond Harold Groff Birth: April 19, 1904 41 26 — LaPlace, Piatt, Illinois, United States Death: August 31, 1991 — Little Switzerland, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Franklin Henry Groff - Household
Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States
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