James Madison GambrelAge: 86 years1855–1942
- Name
- James Madison Gambrel
- Given names
- James Madison
- Surname
- Gambrel
Shared note: Earl Gambrel Obituary and Family History
 Birth | October 23, 1855 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Eldora Caroline Ross — View this family October 15, 1879 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Earl Ross Gambrel January 2, 1890 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 | April 22, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Earl Ross Gambrel — Osa Geneva Hollenback — View this family September 11, 1913 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Infant Gambrel June 12, 1917 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Infant Gambrel June 12, 1917 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 61 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 62 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Verland Earl Gambrel December 25, 1921 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Elmo Glenn Gambrel October 14, 1923 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Rosemond Gambrel about 1925 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Ivan James Gambrel July 31, 1926 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a wife | Eldora Caroline Ross 1928 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 86 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 |
 Death | October 14, 1942 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Philadelphia Church Cemetery |
| Family with Eldora Caroline Ross |
| himself |
James Madison Gambrel Birth: October 23, 1855 — Brandywine, Hancock, Indiana, United States Death: October 14, 1942 — Hancock, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Eldora Caroline Ross Birth: 1857 — Indiana, United States Death: 1928 — Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: October 15, 1879 — Hancock, Indiana, United States |
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10 years son |
Earl Ross Gambrel Birth: January 2, 1890 34 33 — Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana, United States Death: May 13, 1943 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Madison Gambrel - Household
Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana, United States
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| Name | Earl Gambrel Obituary and Family History
ACCIDENT FATAL FOR EARL R. GAMBREL, 53
Injuries suffered in an auto-truck
accident Sunday at Fountaintown
caused the death yesterday of Earl
R. Gambrel, 53, of 1510 Castile Ave.
He suffered internal injuries and
contracted pneumonia in a Shelby-
ville hospital.
Mr. Gambrel was a millman em-
ployed by Charles McCahill, local
contractor.
Surviving are: the wife, Osa;
daughter, Miss Rosemond Gambrel,
Indianapolis: sons, Pvt. Elmo Gam-
brel, former Times employee, Camp
Croft; Verland Earl, Kankakee,
Til., and Ivan, Indianapolis.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11616781/earl-ross-gambrel |