Abel Pennington GilbertAge: 65 years1844–1909
- Name
- Abel Pennington Gilbert
- Given names
- Abel Pennington
- Surname
- Gilbert
 Birth | May 24, 1844 33 |
 Birth of a sister | Lenora Anne Scott Gilbert June 25, 1848 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 19 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Stephen Gilbert after 1850 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 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 16 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rachel Johnson 1866 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Richard Jones 1867 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 22 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 22 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 24 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 33 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Lenora Anne Scott Gilbert 1880 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rachel Jones Gilbert after 1880 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | Nathan Gilbert November 4, 1891 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 | Stephen Gilbert 1903 (Age 58 years) |
 Death | June 18, 1909 (Age 65 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Nathan Gilbert Birth: November 6, 1810 34 24 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: November 4, 1891 — Pickens, Alabama, United States |
| mother |
Christina Jones Death: |
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Marriage: November 6, 1831 — Pickens, Alabama, United States |
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| sister |
Elizabeth Jane Gilbert Death: |
| sister |
Mary Charlotte Gilbert Death: |
| brother |
Richard Gilbert Gilbert Death: |
| brother |
Freeman Jones Gilbert Death: |
| brother |
John Hale Gilbert Death: |
| elder brother |
Stephen Gilbert Birth: June 22, 1834 23 — Mississippi, United States Death: 1903 |
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23 months elder sister |
Rachel Jones Gilbert Birth: June 6, 1836 25 — Mississippi, United States Death: after 1880 — Texas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Hannah Gilbert Birth: September 13, 1838 27 — Pickens, Alabama, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
William Johnson Gilbert Birth: August 8, 1841 30 — Pickens, Alabama, United States Death: April 17, 1911 — Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States |
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3 years himself |
Abel Pennington Gilbert Birth: May 24, 1844 33 — Pickens, Alabama, United States Death: June 18, 1909 — San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Lenora Anne Scott Gilbert Birth: June 25, 1848 37 — Pickens, Alabama, United States Death: 1880 — Texas, United States |