James Andrew WhittenburgAge: 79 years1857–1936
- Name
- James Andrew Whittenburg
- Given names
- James Andrew
- Surname
- Whittenburg
 Birth | May 7, 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 |
 Marriage | Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham — View this family July 3, 1879 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | George Allen Whittenburg April 9, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Mattie Whittenburg October 5, 1889 (Age 32 years) |
| 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 of a child | George Allen Whittenburg — Lillie Frances “Fannie” Archer — View this family April 26, 1901 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sidney Shearer Hedgecoke — Mary Mattie Whittenburg — View this family January 21, 1908 (Age 50 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 |
| 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 of a wife | Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham August 11, 1924 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 son | George Allen Whittenburg September 21, 1934 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | October 19, 1936 (Age 79 years) Cause of death: Auto/Freight Train Accident |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dreamland Cemetery |
| Family with Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham |
| himself |
James Andrew Whittenburg Birth: May 7, 1857 — Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States Death: October 19, 1936 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: August 11, 1924 — Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: July 3, 1879 — Young, Texas, United States |
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9 months son |
George Allen Whittenburg Birth: April 9, 1880 22 21 — Randall, Texas, United States Death: September 21, 1934 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
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10 years daughter |
Mary Mattie Whittenburg Birth: October 5, 1889 32 31 — Plemons, Hutchinson, Texas, United States Death: July 26, 1941 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |