William Morton EikelbernerAge: 68 years1863–1931
- Name
- William Morton Eikelberner
- Given names
- William Morton
- Surname
- Eikelberner
 Birth | May 18, 1863 |
 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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Effie Cara Thomas — View this family November 3, 1887 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Ray Emerson Eikelberner October 20, 1888 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Glen Homer Eikelberner February 6, 1891 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Fred Sutton Eikelberner March 26, 1893 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 19, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ray Emerson Eikelberner — Clara Wilhemina Miller — View this family April 27, 1909 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Augustus Eikelberner February 4, 1911 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | William Augustus Eikelberner February 4, 1911 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Glen Homer Eikelberner — Jessie V Light — View this family August 21, 1912 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Lucille Margaret Eikelberner October 28, 1914 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Lucille Margaret Eikelberner October 28, 1914 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 | Effie Cara Thomas 1927 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Fred Sutton Eikelberner — Verna N Light — View this family June 8, 1929 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 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 | July 24, 1931 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Family with Effie Cara Thomas |
| himself |
William Morton Eikelberner Birth: May 18, 1863 — Royal Center, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: July 24, 1931 — Royal Center, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Effie Cara Thomas Birth: May 1868 — Indiana, United States Death: 1927 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 3, 1887 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years son |
Glen Homer Eikelberner Birth: February 6, 1891 27 22 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: June 15, 1948 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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2 years son |
Fred Sutton Eikelberner Birth: March 26, 1893 29 24 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: October 1, 1962 — Indiana, United States |
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-4 years son |
Ray Emerson Eikelberner Birth: October 20, 1888 25 20 — Lucerne, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: July 9, 1973 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Morton Eikelberner - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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