Elisha B TraftonAge: 80 years1847–1928
- Name
- Elisha B Trafton
- Given names
- Elisha B
- Surname
- Trafton
 Birth | September 1847 31 24 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 4 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Allen Trafton January 17, 1849 (Age 16 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Emily Trafton 1849 (Age 16 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Jane Trafton April 4, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Self Trafton September 1852 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 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 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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 | Nancy Jane Self — View this family October 16, 1872 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Lee Ann Trafton April 7, 1873 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Walter Malicy Trafton June 14, 1875 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Oliver Trafton August 3, 1877 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 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 daughter #4 | Alice Cornelia Trafton April 18, 1879 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Emit M Trafton July 15, 1882 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | … Trafton May 15, 1884 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a wife | Nancy Jane Self June 3, 1884 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | Malachi Trafton 1885 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Anderson — Lee Ann Trafton — View this family August 1891 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage | Nancy P Patrick — View this family October 13, 1891 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 52 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Edward Trafton November 13, 1906 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Womack September 26, 1913 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a sister | Emily Trafton after September 26, 1913 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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 brother | Robert Allen Trafton January 18, 1928 (on the date of death) |
 Death | January 18, 1928 (Age 80 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 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
Henry Edwin Trafton Birth: 1843 27 19 — Mississippi, United States Death: before 1900 |
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5 years himself |
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 Nancy Jane Self |
| himself |
Elisha B Trafton Birth: September 1847 31 24 — Mississippi, United States Death: January 18, 1928 — Travis, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Jane Self Birth: January 1, 1858 — Hamilton, Texas, United States Death: June 3, 1884 — Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: October 16, 1872 — Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas, United States |
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| son |
James Trafton Death: |
| daughter |
Rosa J Trafton Death: |
| daughter |
Eliza Trafton Death: |
| son |
Clarence Trafton Death: |
| daughter |
Lee Ann Trafton Birth: April 7, 1873 25 15 Death: |
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2 years son |
Walter Malicy Trafton Birth: June 14, 1875 27 17 Death: |
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2 years son |
William Oliver Trafton Birth: August 3, 1877 29 19 Death: |
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20 months daughter |
Alice Cornelia Trafton Birth: April 18, 1879 31 21 Death: |
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3 years son |
Emit M Trafton Birth: July 15, 1882 34 24 Death: |
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22 months daughter |
… Trafton Birth: May 15, 1884 36 26 Death: |
| Family with Nancy P Patrick |
| himself |
Elisha B Trafton Birth: September 1847 31 24 — Mississippi, United States Death: January 18, 1928 — Travis, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Nancy P Patrick Death: |
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Marriage: October 13, 1891 — Gonzales, Texas, United States |