Alexander Lee RileyAge: 74 years1852–1927
- Name
- Alexander Lee Riley
- Given names
- Alexander Lee
- Surname
- Riley
 Birth | December 5, 1852 28 26 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)Note: 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 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 |
 Marriage | Madora E “Dora” Shemwell — View this family November 9, 1876 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Amelia Ann Riley January 5, 1878 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a wife | Madora E “Dora” Shemwell September 4, 1878 (Age 25 years) Cause: Consumption Note: 2 y.o. M. Anne Riley is living with her grandfather David Shemwell in the 1880 census. |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Ebenezer B Cox — Amelia Ann Riley — View this family November 3, 1894 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Galen Cox January 16, 1896 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Guy Cox June 2, 1897 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Henry Gratten Cox November 24, 1898 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Goble Ottway Cox December 31, 1899 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Goble Ottway Cox March 25, 1901 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Mary Grace Cox March 13, 1902 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a father | John Wesley Riley March 17, 1903 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | David “Toad” Cox September 29, 1903 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Anna Mariah Wallace July 23, 1905 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Prellon Cox Cox June 18, 1906 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Glanos “Glen” Cox December 12, 1909 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Galen Cox July 14, 1916 (Age 63 years) Cause: Typhoid |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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 | September 4, 1927 (Age 74 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Wesley Riley Birth: 1824 Death: March 17, 1903 |
| mother |
Anna Mariah Wallace Birth: November 2, 1826 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: July 23, 1905 — Smyth, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: July 1, 1847 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years himself |
Alexander Lee Riley Birth: December 5, 1852 28 26 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: September 4, 1927 — Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States |
| Family with Madora E “Dora” Shemwell |
| himself |
Alexander Lee Riley Birth: December 5, 1852 28 26 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: September 4, 1927 — Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Madora E “Dora” Shemwell Birth: April 30, 1858 38 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 4, 1878 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 9, 1876 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Amelia Ann Riley Birth: January 5, 1878 25 19 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 29, 1955 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |