Alexander McEwing Christian1812–
- Name
- Alexander McEwing Christian
- Given names
- Alexander McEwing
- Surname
- Christian
 Birth | about 1812 38 42 |
 Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Religious marriage | Jane Shemwell — View this family December 14, 1830 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 20 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Sarah Melvina Christian April 18, 1833 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian May 17, 1835 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 23 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Lemuel Christian September 21, 1837 (Age 25 years) |
 Purchase of Land | Purchased 40 acres Pettis, Missouri, United States 1837 (Age 25 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1840 (Age 28 years) |
| Land Purchase | Purchased 40 acres Pettis, Missouri, United States 1840 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Allen W Christian 1841 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a mother | Kesiah Fada Harris 1841 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mary H J Christian 1844 (Age 32 years) |
| Land Purchase | Purchased 80 acres of land Pettis, MO 1845 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Adelia Harris Christian April 25, 1848 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 34 years)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 |
| Land Purchase | Purchased 32.21 acres land Pettis, Missouri, United States 1849 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Albion R Christian April 21, 1850 (Age 38 years) |
| Census | November 8, 1850 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Notley Rogers — Sarah Melvina Christian — View this family March 11, 1852 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Thomas Dobyns — Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian — View this family December 19, 1854 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Bettie V Rogers May 30, 1856 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | John Christian October 20, 1858 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ella Jane Rogers May 5, 1859 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 45 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 25, 1860 (Age 48 years) |
 Occupation | Planter/Slaveowner/Merchant/Sheriff 1860 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Nancy L “Nannie” Rogers July 21, 1862 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a wife | Jane Shemwell December 4, 1862 (Age 50 years) |
| Occupation | Sheriff 1862 (Age 50 years)Employer: County Note: Sheriff until 1864 |
| Death of a son | Allen W Christian October 23, 1864 (Age 52 years) Address: Battle of the Big Blue River Cause: Killed in battle |
| Marriage of a child | William J Baker — Mary H J Christian — View this family Type: Religious marriage May 15, 1865 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 49 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 grandson #4 | Thomas W Rogers November 3, 1865 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 55 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 55 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 57 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 of a child | John A Bradley — Adelia Harris Christian — View this family June 12, 1870 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Claude J Bradley October 21, 1871 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | Nicholas Christian March 15, 1872 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Dustin Bicknell — Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian — View this family Type: Religious marriage May 12, 1872 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Lemuel Christian — Emma Inez Walton — View this family Type: Religious marriage September 29, 1872 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Mary Ellen Bicknell December 3, 1872 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Burton Walton Christian January 23, 1874 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Edna Jane Bicknell February 5, 1874 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Claude J Bradley March 30, 1874 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Frederick H Bradley October 1875 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Floy Christian November 5, 1875 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | John D Bicknell 1876 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Albion R Christian — Etta K Shaw — View this family July 23, 1876 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Glenn Roy Bradley August 26, 1878 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 66 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Odette Christian 1879 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | William Perry Christian February 13, 1880 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Gracie D Christian February 3, 1882 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | Eva Christian August 26, 1882 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Bettie V Rogers May 2, 1883 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | John Howard Bradley November 13, 1883 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | Curtis William Christian March 7, 1885 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #19 | D Christian Bradley 1886 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Adelia Harris Christian March 29, 1886 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #20 | Albert Ross Christian April 26, 1886 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a grandson | D Christian Bradley August 21, 1886 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | Rufus A Christian December 2, 1888 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | Lula Christian March 15, 1889 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #23 | Inez Mary Christian April 12, 1894 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Gracie D Christian December 7, 1894 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a son | Albion R Christian January 15, 1895 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Thomas W Rogers December 1, 1896 (Age 84 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 86 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 grandson | John D Bicknell 1900 (Age 88 years) Cause: Meningitisis |
| Death of a grandson | Frederick H Bradley November 29, 1910 (Age 98 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Rufus A Christian March 17, 1913 (Age 101 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Odette Christian November 1, 1916 (Age 104 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 104 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 105 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 106 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 grandson | John Howard Bradley March 25, 1919 (Age 107 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Christian Birth: September 23, 1773 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: October 20, 1858 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Kesiah Fada Harris Birth: 1770 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1841 — Kentucky, United States |
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| elder brother |
Nicholas Christian Birth: September 15, 1796 22 26 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: March 15, 1872 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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16 years himself |
Alexander McEwing Christian Birth: about 1812 38 42 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| Family with Jane Shemwell |
| himself |
Alexander McEwing Christian Birth: about 1812 38 42 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| wife |
Jane Shemwell Birth: October 29, 1811 35 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 4, 1862 — Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 14, 1830 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Sarah Melvina Christian Birth: April 18, 1833 21 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 30, 1926 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian Birth: May 17, 1835 23 23 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: November 1, 1931 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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2 years son |
William Lemuel Christian Birth: September 21, 1837 25 25 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1925 — Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years son |
Allen W Christian Birth: 1841 29 29 — Missouri, United States Death: October 23, 1864 — Battle of Byram's Ford, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Mary H J Christian Birth: 1844 32 32 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years daughter |
Adelia Harris Christian Birth: April 25, 1848 36 36 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1886 — Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Albion R Christian Birth: April 21, 1850 38 38 — Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1895 — Kansas, United States |
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| Census | 1840 United States - Census transcript - Alexander McEwing Christian - Household
Pettis, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Alexander McEwing Christian - Household
Saline, Missouri
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Alexander McEwing Christian - Household
Jackson, Johnson, Missouri
Not sure Nannie Dobyns is daughter, last name right but age and bplace off. -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sheriff until 1864 |