Walter Winfield Yarborough1856–
- Name
- Walter Winfield Yarborough
- Given names
- Walter Winfield
- Surname
- Yarborough
 Birth | January 17, 1856 42 40 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Death of a brother | Pleasant Addison Yarborough June 25, 1862 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | David Edwin Yarborough November 21, 1862 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 10 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 10 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 12 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 21 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 father | Rev. Aaron Yarborough December 30, 1897 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth “Betsey” Womack July 18, 1898 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 | Mary Ann Yarborough July 8, 1925 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 93 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 89 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Rev. Aaron Yarborough Birth: October 5, 1813 29 25 Death: December 30, 1897 |
| mother |
Elizabeth “Betsey” Womack Birth: September 12, 1815 Death: July 18, 1898 |
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Marriage: February 4, 1834 — |
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9 months elder brother |
Pleasant Addison Yarborough Birth: October 31, 1834 21 19 Death: June 25, 1862 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary Ann Yarborough Birth: November 11, 1836 23 21 Death: July 8, 1925 |
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22 months elder sister |
Jerusha Yarborough Birth: September 16, 1838 24 23 Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Susan Jane Yarborough Birth: November 6, 1840 27 25 Death: |
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23 months elder sister |
Sarah Samantha Yarborough Birth: October 18, 1842 29 27 Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
Thomas Alexander Yarborough Birth: November 18, 1844 31 29 Death: |
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22 months elder sister |
Frances Yarborough Birth: September 8, 1846 32 30 Death: December 6, 1846 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
Meredith Newbern Yarborough Birth: October 20, 1847 34 32 Death: |
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22 months elder brother |
John Wilson Yarborough Birth: August 25, 1849 35 33 Death: |
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23 months elder brother |
Alphaus Aaron Yarborough Birth: August 10, 1851 37 35 Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Lucy Elizabeth Yarborough Birth: November 25, 1853 40 38 Death: |
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2 years himself |
Walter Winfield Yarborough Birth: January 17, 1856 42 40 Death: |
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7 years younger brother |
David Edwin Yarborough Birth: November 21, 1862 49 47 Death: |