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Albert Taylor ConoverAge: 49 years18411890

Name
Albert Taylor Conover
Given names
Albert Taylor
Surname
Conover
Birth February 13, 1841
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)
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 15 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageAdeliz Maria Frances GougeView this family
January 1, 1860 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Andrew Jackson “Jack” Conover
December 22, 1864 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 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 25 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 25 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 27 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
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 36 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death December 12, 1890 (Age 49 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Harristown Cemetery
Family with Adeliz Maria Frances Gouge - View this family
himself
Albert Taylor Conover
Birth: February 13, 1841Cass, Illinois, United States
Death: December 12, 1890Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
wife
Adeliz Maria Frances Gouge
Birth: September 24, 1842Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 1, 1922Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: January 1, 1860Macon, Illinois, United States
5 years
son
Andrew Jackson “Jack” Conover
Birth: December 22, 1864 23 22Bearsdale, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: January 4, 1948Holden, Johnson, Missouri, United States

No family available

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Albert Taylor Conover - Household

Sugar Creek, Cass, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Conover, Alberthead29MWMilling1000300IL
Conover, Adelawife27FWKeeping HouseIL
Conover, Amanadaughter9FWAt HomeILx
Conover, Anniedaughter7FWAt HomeILx
Conover, Andrew Json5MWChildILx
Conover, Hattiedaugter2FWChildIL
Conover, Samuelson0MWInfantMOMay

Name
Andrew Jackson Conover Obituary and Family Listing Andrew's Obituary documents the following family members: parents Albert and Adelia Gouge Conover and wife Etta Troutman https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34488694/andrew-jackson-conover