James Thomas TollettAge: 70 years1860–1931
- Name
- James Thomas Tollett
- Given names
- James Thomas
- Surname
- Tollett
 Birth | May 27, 1860 39 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Tollett September 21, 1861 (Age 15 months) |
| Death of a father | John Jackson Tollett June 20, 1862 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Tollett Jr. May 1, 1863 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 months)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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Martha Ann Selby — View this family 1885 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | John Harrison Tollett November 6, 1886 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 Harrison Tollett — Grace Belle Hall — View this family December 3, 1908 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Jane Nail September 5, 1909 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 | April 6, 1931 (Age 70 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Jackson Tollett Birth: June 29, 1820 29 34 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 20, 1862 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Jane Nail Birth: May 11, 1833 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 5, 1909 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: August 11, 1858 — |
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22 months himself |
James Thomas Tollett Birth: May 27, 1860 39 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 6, 1931 — Rufe, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States |
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16 months younger sister |
Mary Ann Tollett Birth: September 21, 1861 41 28 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 18, 1936 — Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Martha Ann Selby |
| himself |
James Thomas Tollett Birth: May 27, 1860 39 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 6, 1931 — Rufe, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Martha Ann Selby Birth: April 8, 1868 22 20 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1948 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: 1885 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months son |
John Harrison Tollett Birth: November 6, 1886 26 18 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1975 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Johnson M Parham + Martha Ann Selby |
| wife’s husband |
Johnson M Parham Birth: June 4, 1851 25 24 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1936 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Martha Ann Selby Birth: April 8, 1868 22 20 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1948 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: March 14, 1909 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |