Joseph Brooks “Boots” LylesAge: 66 years1853–1919
- Name
- Joseph Brooks “Boots” Lyles
- Given names
- Joseph Brooks
- Nickname
- Boots
- Surname
- Lyles
 Birth | March 4, 1853 30 |
 Birth of a sister | Martha Angeline Lyles December 2, 1854 (Age 20 months) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 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 13 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 13 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 15 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 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Nancy Adeline Shemwell — View this family December 15, 1886 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a child #1 | … Lyles April 12, 1888 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a wife | Nancy Adeline Shemwell April 12, 1888 (Age 35 years) Note: Brewer's Mill - Mother and child died at childbirth. |
| Death of a child | … Lyles April 12, 1888 (Age 35 years) Cause: In Childbirth |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Hix Jones Ray October 10, 1895 (Age 42 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 |
| Death of a mother | Kiziah Caroline “Kizzie” Ray January 11, 1916 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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 | December 29, 1919 (Age 66 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Liles Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Zachariah Lyles Death: |
| mother |
Kiziah Caroline “Kizzie” Ray Birth: July 1822 24 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 11, 1916 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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| sister |
Amanda Melvine Lyles Death: |
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Sarah Jane Lyles Death: |
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Susan Caroline Lyles Death: |
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Thomas Calvin Lyles Death: |
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Joseph Brooks “Boots” Lyles Birth: March 4, 1853 30 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 29, 1919 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Martha Angeline Lyles Birth: December 2, 1854 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 2, 1923 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Nancy Adeline Shemwell |
| himself |
Joseph Brooks “Boots” Lyles Birth: March 4, 1853 30 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 29, 1919 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Adeline Shemwell Birth: September 5, 1854 34 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: April 12, 1888 — Brewers, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 15, 1886 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months child |
… Lyles Birth: April 12, 1888 35 33 Death: April 12, 1888 |