Ben HillAge: 79 years1863–1943
- Name
- Ben Hill
- Given names
- Ben
- Surname
- Hill
 Birth | November 5, 1863 |
 Marriage | Mary Elizabeth Skaggs — View this family unknown |
 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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 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 34 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 65 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 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 |
 Death | September 9, 1943 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth Skaggs |
| himself |
Ben Hill Birth: November 5, 1863 Death: September 9, 1943 — Macon, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth Skaggs Birth: February 3, 1866 — Illinois, United States Death: March 13, 1948 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
John Hill Death: |
| son |
Robert Hill Death: |
| John Smith + Mary Elizabeth Skaggs |
| wife’s husband |
John Smith Death: |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth Skaggs Birth: February 3, 1866 — Illinois, United States Death: March 13, 1948 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| step-daughter |
Jenny Smith Birth: November 11, 1886 20 Death: February 13, 1920 |
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6 years step-daughter |
Grace Smith Birth: January 14, 1893 26 Death: November 11, 1967 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
| step-daughter |
Nellie Smith Death: |