John Curtis SkillernAge: 47 years1870–1918
- Name
- John Curtis Skillern
- Given names
- John Curtis
- Surname
- Skillern
 Birth | February 28, 1870 30 26 |
 Census | July 12, 1870 (Age 4 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Nealious Brown Skillern April 13, 1872 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lether Franklin Skillern April 5, 1874 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 7 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Mathew Marvin Skillern July 18, 1879 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Jane Skillern January 14, 1882 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 brother | James Ross Skillern October 23, 1898 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | June 21, 1900 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a father | James Audley “Ed” Skillern February 10, 1910 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 | January 2, 1918 (Age 47 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Audley “Ed” Skillern Birth: February 28, 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 10, 1910 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Caroline “Callie” Hinch Birth: August 19, 1843 39 42 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 13, 1933 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 2, 1867 — Tennessee, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
James Ross Skillern Birth: May 24, 1868 28 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 23, 1898 — Tennessee, United States |
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21 months himself |
John Curtis Skillern Birth: February 28, 1870 30 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 2, 1918 — Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Nealious Brown Skillern Birth: April 13, 1872 32 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: August 10, 1921 — Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Lether Franklin Skillern Birth: April 5, 1874 34 30 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 11, 1963 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Mathew Marvin Skillern Birth: July 18, 1879 39 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 26, 1942 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Annie Jane Skillern Birth: January 14, 1882 41 38 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 5, 1964 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James Audley “Ed” Skillern - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Audley “Ed” Skillern - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Audley “Ed” Skillern - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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