Jesse Benton SowardAge: 86 years1863–1949
- Name
- Jesse Benton Soward
- Given names
- Jesse Benton
- Surname
- Soward
 Birth | January 21, 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 | Jennie Smith — View this family about 1886 (Age 22 years) Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Alice Maude Soward June 25, 1891 (Age 28 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 |
| Death of a wife | Jennie Smith September 3, 1898 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Earl Wesley Dyke — Alice Maude Soward — View this family October 22, 1907 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ethyl Dora Dyke September 6, 1908 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Bernice Ada Dyke June 3, 1911 (Age 48 years) |
| 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 |
| 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Irla Mae Dyke January 9, 1923 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Keith Orice Dyke April 24, 1926 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 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 |
| Death of a granddaughter | Bernice Ada Dyke April 6, 1945 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 82 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | March 19, 1949 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Latham Cemetery |
| Family with Jennie Smith |
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Jesse Benton Soward Birth: January 21, 1863 — Vermilion, Illinois, United States Death: March 19, 1949 — Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Jennie Smith Birth: June 25, 1866 — Greene, Illinois, United States Death: September 3, 1898 — Butler, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1886 — Kansas, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Alice Maude Soward Birth: June 25, 1891 28 25 — Latham, Butler, Kansas, United States Death: October 22, 1960 — Alameda, Alameda, California, United States |
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| Marriage | Marriage info based on the birth of their first child |