Simeon Tollett1867–
- Name
- Simeon Tollett
- Given names
- Simeon
- Surname
- Tollett
 Birth | about 1867 21 25 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 | August 23, 1870 (Age 3 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Harriet Tollett about 1872 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Tilda Tollett about 1875 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Simeon Selby June 19, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca Jane Hyder between 1880 and 1900 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah H Selby 1883 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 |
| Death of a father | Samuel Wilson Tollett after 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 brother | John Wesley Tollett July 14, 1928 (Age 61 years) Cause: TB are in other words consumption Note: His death month looks to be Jan or Jun. But below the doctor states that he accompanied John on July 1, 1928. |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 74 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Wilson Tollett Birth: July 3, 1845 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: after 1900 — Cooksville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah H Selby Birth: about 1842 20 26 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: 1883 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1864 — Tennessee, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
John Wesley Tollett Birth: June 14, 1865 19 23 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: July 14, 1928 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years himself |
Simeon Tollett Birth: about 1867 21 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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6 years younger sister |
Harriet Tollett Birth: about 1872 26 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Tilda Tollett Birth: about 1875 29 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Wilson Tollett - Household
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Wilson Tollett - Household
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