John B BlantonAge: 84 years1838–1922
- Name
- John B Blanton
- Given names
- John B
- Surname
- Blanton
 Birth | February 17, 1838 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)Note: 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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)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 23 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 |
 Marriage | Catherine Agatha Stroud — View this family March 22, 1866 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 28 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 28 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 30 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 son#1 | John Broadus Blanton October 30, 1873 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Eulalia Belle Blanton January 22, 1874 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Robert England Biggerstaff — Eulalia Belle Blanton — View this family March 29, 1893 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 |
| Marriage of a child | John Broadus Blanton — Ida Millie Biggerstaff — View this family about 1900 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a son | John Broadus Blanton February 25, 1904 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 77 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 78 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 79 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 | July 9, 1922 (Age 84 years) |
| Family with Catherine Agatha Stroud |
| himself |
John B Blanton Birth: February 17, 1838 — Cleveland, North Carolina, United States Death: July 9, 1922 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Catherine Agatha Stroud Birth: July 28, 1843 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 24, 1924 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: March 22, 1866 — Cleveland, North Carolina, United States |
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8 years son |
John Broadus Blanton Birth: October 30, 1873 35 30 — Nebo, McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: February 25, 1904 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 months daughter |
Eulalia Belle Blanton Birth: January 22, 1874 35 30 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: August 4, 1960 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |