Theodore Earl McCraryAge: 73 years1867–1940
- Name
- Theodore Earl McCrary
- Given names
- Theodore Earl
- Surname
- McCrary
 Birth | June 5, 1867 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 18 months)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 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Etta Shemwell — View this family February 25, 1894 (Age 26 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Theodore Earl “Teddy” McCrary Jr. estimated October 15, 1897 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 son | Theodore Earl “Teddy” McCrary Jr. April 15, 1899 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Helen McCrary July 20, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a wife | Etta Shemwell January 2, 1901 (Age 33 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
| Marriage | Ida Jordan Beeson — View this family June 11, 1908 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Julia Anne “Kitty” Arendell June 2, 1929 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 |
 Death | June 16, 1940 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lexington City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
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John Washington McCrary Death: |
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Drucilla Leonard Death: |
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Theodore Earl McCrary Birth: June 5, 1867 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 16, 1940 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Etta Shemwell |
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Theodore Earl McCrary Birth: June 5, 1867 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 16, 1940 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Etta Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1870 40 32 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1901 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 25, 1894 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years son |
Theodore Earl “Teddy” McCrary Jr. Birth: estimated October 15, 1897 30 27 Death: April 15, 1899 |
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3 years daughter |
Helen McCrary Birth: July 20, 1900 33 30 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 20, 1989 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Ida Jordan Beeson |
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Theodore Earl McCrary Birth: June 5, 1867 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 16, 1940 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Ida Jordan Beeson Birth: February 2, 1874 Death: December 19, 1942 |
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Marriage: June 11, 1908 — Morehead, Guilford, North Carolina, United States |