James Allen ColeAge: 78 years1859–1938
- Name
- James Allen Cole
- Given names
- James Allen
- Surname
- Cole
 Birth | March 5, 1859 |
 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 2 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 7 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 7 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 9 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 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Ida Mae Adkins — View this family October 25, 1882 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Donald Dwight Cole May 24, 1900 (Age 41 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a wife | Ida Mae Adkins March 25, 1917 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 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 58 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Donald Dwight Cole — Martha Evelyn Troutman — View this family January 24, 1928 (Age 68 years) Note: Marriage info support on 1930 Census |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Donald Richard Cole October 7, 1928 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 70 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Marilyn Elizabeth Cole October 23, 1933 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | January 15, 1938 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Marrowbone Township Cemetery |
| Family with Ida Mae Adkins |
| himself |
James Allen Cole Birth: March 5, 1859 — Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, United States Death: January 15, 1938 — Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Ida Mae Adkins Birth: April 24, 1861 — Moultrie, Illinois, United States Death: March 25, 1917 — Moultrie, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: October 25, 1882 — Marrowbone, Moultrie, Illinois, United States |
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18 years son |
Donald Dwight Cole Birth: May 24, 1900 41 39 — Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, United States Death: January 10, 1971 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Allen Cole - Household
Dora, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
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