William Luther GilliamAge: 79 years1847–1927
- Name
- William Luther Gilliam
- Given names
- William Luther
- Surname
- Gilliam
 Birth | December 25, 1847 35 25 |
 Marriage | Mary Ann Hamblin — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy Elizabeth Gilliam January 11, 1849 (Age 12 months) |
| Birth of a sister | America Capitola Gilliam 1853 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Gray Gilliam October 23, 1855 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a brother | Emerson Gilliam 1859 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Emma B Gilliam November 23, 1863 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Althea G Gilliam June 2, 1865 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 19 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 19 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 21 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 |
| Death of a father | William Luther “Buck” Gilliam about 1871 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 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 | Nancy Elizabeth Gilliam 1891 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 mother | Sarah A Cooley about 1905 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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 sister | Emma B Gilliam March 4, 1926 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | April 13, 1927 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Luther “Buck” Gilliam Birth: about 1812 62 37 Death: about 1871 — Thomasville, Oregon, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Sarah A Cooley Birth: about 1822 25 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: about 1905 — Thayer, Oregon, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: about 1838 — |
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2 years elder sister |
Georgia Ann Gilliam Birth: 1839 27 17 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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6 years elder sister |
Florence Gilliam Birth: 1844 32 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years himself |
William Luther Gilliam Birth: December 25, 1847 35 25 — Weakley, Tennessee, United States Death: April 13, 1927 |
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13 months younger sister |
Nancy Elizabeth Gilliam Birth: January 11, 1849 37 27 — Weakley, Tennessee, United States Death: 1891 — Fredonia, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
America Capitola Gilliam Birth: 1853 41 31 Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Gray Gilliam Birth: October 23, 1855 43 33 — Weakley, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1930 |
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4 years younger brother |
Emerson Gilliam Birth: 1859 47 37 — Weakley, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Emma B Gilliam Birth: November 23, 1863 51 41 — Weakley, Tennessee, United States Death: March 4, 1926 |
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18 months younger sister |
Althea G Gilliam Birth: June 2, 1865 53 43 — Como, Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1938 |
| Family with Mary Ann Hamblin |
| himself |
William Luther Gilliam Birth: December 25, 1847 35 25 — Weakley, Tennessee, United States Death: April 13, 1927 |
| wife |
Mary Ann Hamblin Death: |
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Marriage: — |