Benjamin Edward TraftonAge: 64 years1842–1906
- Name
- Benjamin Edward Trafton
- Given names
- Benjamin Edward
- Surname
- Trafton
 Birth | 1842 26 18 |
 Birth of a brother | Henry Edwin Trafton 1843 (Age 12 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Elisha B Trafton September 1847 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary C Trafton 1848 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Allen Trafton January 17, 1849 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Emily Trafton 1849 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Jane Trafton April 4, 1850 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Self Trafton September 1852 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 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 19 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 25 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 25 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 27 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 | Rosa S Brown — View this family December 16, 1874 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 36 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 | Malachi Trafton 1885 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 brother | Henry Edwin Trafton before 1900 (Age 58 years) |
 Death | November 13, 1906 (Age 64 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Malachi Trafton Birth: 1816 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1885 — Atascosa, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Womack Birth: April 19, 1823 — Mississippi, United States Death: September 26, 1913 — Gonzales, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: February 23, 1841 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States |
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22 months himself |
Benjamin Edward Trafton Birth: 1842 26 18 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: November 13, 1906 — Stonewall, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Henry Edwin Trafton Birth: 1843 27 19 — Mississippi, United States Death: before 1900 |
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5 years younger brother |
Elisha B Trafton Birth: September 1847 31 24 — Mississippi, United States Death: January 18, 1928 — Travis, Texas, United States |
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16 months younger sister |
Mary C Trafton Birth: 1848 32 24 — Mississippi, United States Death: |
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13 months younger brother |
Robert Allen Trafton Birth: January 17, 1849 33 25 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: January 18, 1928 — Charlotte, Atascosa, Texas, United States |
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11 months younger sister |
Emily Trafton Birth: 1849 33 25 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: after September 26, 1913 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States |
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15 months younger sister |
Sarah Jane Trafton Birth: April 4, 1850 34 26 — Mississippi, United States Death: April 27, 1939 — Cotulla, La Salle, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
James Self Trafton Birth: September 1852 36 29 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: 1929 — Texas, United States |
| Family with Rosa S Brown |
| himself |
Benjamin Edward Trafton Birth: 1842 26 18 — Copiah, Mississippi, United States Death: November 13, 1906 — Stonewall, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Rosa S Brown Birth: January 1853 — Mississippi, United States Death: |
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Marriage: December 16, 1874 — Gonzales, Texas, United States |