James Wesley StanleyAge: 84 years1852–1937
- Name
- James Wesley Stanley
- Given names
- James Wesley
- Surname
- Stanley
 Birth | December 13, 1852 20 19 |
 Birth of a sister | Virginia Stanley 1857 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Wesley Stanley 1858 (Age 5 years) |
 Residence | Note: Came to Graves County, Kentucky as a teen with a family named Johnson. |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 1, 1860 (Age 7 years) Address: James, Jr. in household of Lararus & Millie Fletcher |
| 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 | Margaret Angeline Tyler — View this family July 4, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mildred “Milly” Hayes May 23, 1875 (Age 22 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | James Jack Williams — Martha Jane Stanley — View this family July 2, 1876 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Allie Maude Stanley September 17, 1878 (Age 25 years) Address: near Cuba |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 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 son #2 | James Claude Stanley July 26, 1880 (Age 27 years) Address: Cubo ? |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Roy Labern Smith June 28, 1895 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Rosco Bryan Smith November 6, 1896 (Age 43 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Mary Margaret Smith November 18, 1899 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Claude Stanley — Mary Neil Fields — View this family July 26, 1900 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Fred Fearknott Smith January 11, 1901 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | James Clyde Stanley October 9, 1901 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Ethel Alberta Smith June 13, 1903 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Margaret Elizabeth Stanley March 3, 1905 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | James Stanley Smith December 22, 1907 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Robert Edwin Smith September 13, 1909 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Mary Neale Stanley November 18, 1909 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Claude Wilson Smith March 20, 1912 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Allen Dodd Stanley October 1, 1913 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a granddaughter | Margaret Elizabeth Stanley September 1918 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 64 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 65 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 wife | Margaret Angeline Tyler July 3, 1924 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 | October 27, 1937 (Age 84 years) Address: home of Allie Maude |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lebanon Church of Christ Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Calvin Fletcher Birth: 1832 26 26 Death: |
| mother |
Martha Jane Stanley Birth: 1833 41 28 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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Marriage: before 1852 — |
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11 months himself |
James Wesley Stanley Birth: December 13, 1852 20 19 — Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 27, 1937 — Sedalia, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Virginia Stanley Birth: 1857 25 24 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
John Wesley Stanley Birth: 1858 26 25 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with James Jack Williams |
| step-father |
James Jack Williams Death: |
| mother |
Martha Jane Stanley Birth: 1833 41 28 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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Marriage: July 2, 1876 — |
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| half-sister |
Elizabeth Williams Death: |
| half-sister |
Florence Williams Death: |
| Family with Margaret Angeline Tyler |
| himself |
James Wesley Stanley Birth: December 13, 1852 20 19 — Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 27, 1937 — Sedalia, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Margaret Angeline Tyler Birth: January 6, 1849 — Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States Death: July 3, 1924 — Hickory, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 4, 1870 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Allie Maude Stanley Birth: September 17, 1878 25 29 — Cuba, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 4, 1966 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months son |
James Claude Stanley Birth: July 26, 1880 27 31 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: September 15, 1949 — Hickory, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
James Wesley Stanley has 7 first cousins recorded
Mother's family (6)
Parents James Wesley Stanley + Sarah Epley
| Residence | Came to Graves County, Kentucky as a teen with a family named Johnson. |