Willis Edgar Keelin1865–
- Name
- Willis Edgar Keelin
- Given names
- Willis Edgar
- Surname
- Keelin
 Birth | March 11, 1865 27 24 |
 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 21 months)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 21 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a sister | Lauretta Jane Keelin March 24, 1868 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Hugh Francis Keelin February 28, 1871 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Taylor Keelin January 5, 1874 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marcus Fayette Keelin October 22, 1876 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a brother | Marcus Fayette Keelin November 12, 1876 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Lauretta Jane Keelin June 26, 1895 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 mother | Sarah Elizabeth Laswell December 26, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | George William Keelin August 8, 1908 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 | Hugh Francis Keelin July 30, 1921 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 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 76 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 84 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 |
| Death of a brother | Robert Taylor Keelin August 20, 1958 (Age 93 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 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 |
George William Keelin Birth: April 9, 1837 35 22 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: August 8, 1908 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth Laswell Birth: October 12, 1840 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: December 26, 1900 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: March 29, 1860 — |
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10 months elder brother |
Jesse Keelin Birth: February 1, 1861 23 20 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: February 1, 1861 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
Thomas Fanklin Keelin Birth: March 11, 1862 24 21 — Illinois, United States Death: |
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3 years himself |
Willis Edgar Keelin Birth: March 11, 1865 27 24 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Lauretta Jane Keelin Birth: March 24, 1868 30 27 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: June 26, 1895 |
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3 years younger brother |
Hugh Francis Keelin Birth: February 28, 1871 33 30 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: July 30, 1921 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Taylor Keelin Birth: January 5, 1874 36 33 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: August 20, 1958 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Marcus Fayette Keelin Birth: October 22, 1876 39 36 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: November 12, 1876 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States |