Peter James FahlerAge: 82 years1856–1938
- Name
- Peter James Fahler
- Given names
- Peter James
- Surname
- Fahler
Shared note: Andrew O Fahler Obituary and Family History
 Birth | May 1856 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 months)Note: 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 4 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 |
| 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 |
 Marriage | Ruth Ellen Daugherty — View this family March 6, 1880 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Andrew Oliver “Andy” Fahler April 1, 1881 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Andrew Oliver “Andy” Fahler — Candace T Barnett — View this family April 23, 1902 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Oliver Earl Fahler August 31, 1902 (Age 46 years) |
| 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 wife | Ruth Ellen Daugherty November 20, 1926 (Age 70 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 son | Andrew Oliver “Andy” Fahler February 29, 1936 (Age 79 years) |
 Death | December 22, 1938 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Star City West Cemetery |
| Family with Ruth Ellen Daugherty |
| himself |
Peter James Fahler Birth: May 1856 — Star, Pulaski, Indiana, United States Death: December 22, 1938 — Star, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Ruth Ellen Daugherty Birth: July 26, 1860 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: November 20, 1926 — Star, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: March 6, 1880 — Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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13 months son |
Andrew Oliver “Andy” Fahler Birth: April 1, 1881 24 20 — Pulaski, Indiana, United States Death: February 29, 1936 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Peter James Fahler - Household
Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Name | Andrew O Fahler Obituary and Family History
FAHLER - Andrew 0., age 55years, be-loved father of Mrs. Estelia Stewart, Beech Grove, Ind.; Mrs. Jean Hicks, Indianapolis, Ind; and Earl Fahler of South Bend, Ind; son of Peter Fahler, Star City, Ind.; brother of Ervin, Lewis, Hovey and Charles Fahler, also survived by four grandchildren, passed away Feb. 25, 1936.
Services Monday, 2 p.m. at the home, R.R.1, Box 710, or six houses west of Sherman drive on Shelbyville pike, Burial Washington Park cemetery. Friends invited. LITTLE & SONS SERVICE.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93837532/andrew-oliver-fahler |