Joseph Curtis CannonAge: 81 years1836–1918
- Name
- Joseph Curtis Cannon
- Given names
- Joseph Curtis
- Surname
- Cannon
 Birth | August 1836 |
 Marriage | Mary Ann Wilson — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Birth of a son#1 | John Greenup Cannon August 1861 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 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 30 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 30 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 32 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 4, 1870 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 41 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 61 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 |
| Marriage of a child | John Greenup Cannon — Claudia May Barnett — View this family May 15, 1912 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John E Cannon March 15, 1913 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Esther Margaret Cannon November 13, 1914 (Age 78 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Ruth Cannon August 30, 1916 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 79 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 80 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 81 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 | February 1, 1918 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF Cemetery |
| Family with Mary Ann Wilson |
| himself |
Joseph Curtis Cannon Birth: August 1836 — Indiana, United States Death: February 1, 1918 — Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Mary Ann Wilson Birth: March 1842 — New York, United States Death: April 10, 1921 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
John Greenup Cannon Birth: August 1861 25 19 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: July 4, 1931 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Curtis Cannon - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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