Joshua KerleyAge: 73 years1847–1921
- Name
- Joshua Kerley
- Given names
- Joshua
- Surname
- Kerley
 Birth | November 24, 1847 19 23 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Daniel Kerley about 1849 (Age 13 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Elizabeth Kerley June 24, 1851 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Greenberry E Kerley May 14, 1853 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Emelia Catherine “Millie” Kerley October 7, 1855 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Washington Kerley November 6, 1858 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a mother | Catherine Ann “Kitty” Selby about 1863 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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 30 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 maternal grandfather | Lloyd Selby October 9, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca Parham March 31, 1884 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Oxsheer Kerley July 7, 1897 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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 | June 28, 1921 (Age 73 years) |
| Obituary | Obituary June 29, 1921 (1 day after death) |
 Burial | June 30, 1921 (2 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morris Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Oxsheer Kerley Birth: April 6, 1828 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 7, 1897 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Catherine Ann “Kitty” Selby Birth: about 1824 25 30 — Alabama, United States Death: about 1863 — Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1846 — |
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23 months himself |
Joshua Kerley Birth: November 24, 1847 19 23 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 28, 1921 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Daniel Kerley Birth: about 1849 20 25 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah Elizabeth Kerley Birth: June 24, 1851 23 27 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 23, 1923 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Greenberry E Kerley Birth: May 14, 1853 25 29 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1928 — Suwannee, Florida, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Emelia Catherine “Millie” Kerley Birth: October 7, 1855 27 31 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1936 — Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Washington Kerley Birth: November 6, 1858 30 34 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 2, 1935 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |