James Samuel HudspethAge: 85 years1856–1941
- Name
- James Samuel Hudspeth
- Given names
- James Samuel
- Surname
- Hudspeth
 Birth | March 5, 1856 25 21 Note: or March 6, 1856 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 29, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 10 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 10 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 12 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 25, 1870 (Age 14 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | James Shemwell Hudspeth December 29, 1870 (Age 14 years) |
 Religious marriage | Mary M Holcomb — View this family August 7, 1877 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #1 | Harvey G Hudspeth January 1879 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | June 9, 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Anna Margaret Harris February 8, 1883 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ollie Hudspeth August 1883 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a father | Capt. James Harvey Hudspeth November 28, 1886 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland June 17, 1888 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ann Shemwell April 6, 1889 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Lela Armelda Hudspeth July 1889 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 59 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 60 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 61 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/ |
| Death of a mother | Armelda Ann Holland March 16, 1922 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 of a brother | Dr. Joseph Cathern Hudspeth July 13, 1936 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | July 16, 1941 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Capt. James Harvey Hudspeth Birth: January 26, 1831 24 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 28, 1886 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Armelda Ann Holland Birth: December 1834 30 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 16, 1922 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 20, 1851 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Dr. Joseph Cathern Hudspeth Birth: September 13, 1854 23 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 13, 1936 — Sandoval, Marion, Illinois, United States |
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18 months himself |
James Samuel Hudspeth Birth: March 5, 1856 25 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 1941 — Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Mary M Holcomb |
| himself |
James Samuel Hudspeth Birth: March 5, 1856 25 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 1941 — Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mary M Holcomb Birth: June 1855 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: August 7, 1877 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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18 months son |
Harvey G Hudspeth Birth: January 1879 22 23 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: |
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11 years daughter |
Lela Armelda Hudspeth Birth: July 1889 33 34 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: |
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-6 years daughter |
Ollie Hudspeth Birth: August 1883 27 28 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: |
James Samuel Hudspeth has 58 first cousins recorded
Father's family (13)
Parents Fielding Holder + Mary Elizabeth Hudspeth
Parents George Harris Hudspeth + Mary A “Mollie” Dawson
Parents Thomas Ayres Hudspeth + Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell
Mother's family (45)
Parents Lemuel W Harris + Mary Elizabeth Holland
Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland + Sarah M “Sally” Cross
Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland + Agnes Ellen Wimpey
Parents John Wesley Holland + Ann Lucas Walker “Anna” Hunter
Parents Allen Samuel Holland + Lucy Elizabeth Mason
Parents Allen Samuel Holland + Mary Jane Neall
Parents George Martin Holland + Emily Phillips
| Birth | or March 6, 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Capt. James Harvey Hudspeth - Household
Logan, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James S Hudspeth - Household
Marion, Illinois, United States
Listed in Samson Meador household | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Samuel Hudspeth - Household
Marion, Illinois, United States
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