Charles A HopperAge: 60 years1857–1918
- Name
- Charles A Hopper
- Given names
- Charles A
- Surname
- Hopper
 Birth | October 2, 1857 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 | Sarah Jane McRae — View this family February 27, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death of a wife | Sarah Jane McRae March 23, 1917 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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 30, 1918 (Age 60 years) |
| Family with Sarah Jane McRae |
| himself |
Charles A Hopper Birth: October 2, 1857 — Texas, United States Death: June 30, 1918 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Sarah Jane McRae Birth: November 19, 1858 — Texas, United States Death: March 23, 1917 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: February 27, 1900 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
| William A Cowan + Sarah Jane McRae |
| wife’s husband |
William A Cowan Birth: 1856 30 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| wife |
Sarah Jane McRae Birth: November 19, 1858 — Texas, United States Death: March 23, 1917 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1878 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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17 months step-son |
James Chatham Cowan Birth: about 1879 23 20 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: |
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5 years step-daughter |
Lottie Cowan Birth: December 1883 27 25 — Texas, United States Death: |