William Herman CoutsAge: 64 years1863–1927
- Name
- William Herman Couts
- Given names
- William Herman
- Surname
- Couts
 Birth | February 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 | Ida Jane Lewis — View this family December 24, 1885 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Herman Dee Couts Sr December 2, 1889 (Age 26 years) |
 Census | 1895 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 52 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Herman Dee Couts Sr — Gladys Marie Troutman — View this family 1917 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Herman Dee Couts Jr October 10, 1918 (Age 55 years) |
| 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 | February 12, 1927 (Age 64 years) |
| Family with Ida Jane Lewis |
| himself |
William Herman Couts Birth: February 1863 — Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States Death: February 12, 1927 — Alameda, California, United States |
| wife |
Ida Jane Lewis Birth: April 1869 — Clarke, Iowa, United States Death: |
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Marriage: December 24, 1885 — Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States |
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4 years son |
Herman Dee Couts Sr Birth: December 2, 1889 26 20 — Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States Death: September 12, 1957 — Alameda, California, United States |
No family available
| Census | Iowa State - Census transcript - William Herman Couts - Household
Iowa, United States
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