Josiah WhitleyAge: 53 years1840–1893
- Name
- Josiah Whitley
- Given names
- Josiah
- Surname
- Whitley
 Birth | about 1840 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 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 |
 Marriage | Lucretia Neel — View this family September 2, 1857 (Age 17 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Melissa Jane Whitley April 25, 1859 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 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 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 of a child | Peter Paul Winthrop Leinneweber — Melissa Jane Whitley — View this family December 25, 1874 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Charles Claude Leinneweber July 29, 1876 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 38 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 granddaughter #2 | Laura Frances Leinneweber February 12, 1882 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Josie Leinneweber April 1885 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Louella May Leinneweber May 13, 1888 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Nora Leinneweber November 1890 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Willie Leinneweber March 1893 (Age 53 years) |
 Death | about 1893 (Age 53 years) |
| Family with Lucretia Neel |
| himself |
Josiah Whitley Birth: about 1840 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1893 — Rossville, Atascosa, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Lucretia Neel Birth: about 1838 — Craighead, Arkansas, United States Death: September 4, 1922 — Pearsall, Frio, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: September 2, 1857 — Gillespie, Texas, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Melissa Jane Whitley Birth: April 25, 1859 19 21 — Texas, United States Death: March 23, 1923 — Pearsall, Frio, Texas, United States |
| Henry Horn Fort + Lucretia Neel |
| wife’s husband |
Henry Horn Fort Birth: September 2, 1837 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 5, 1923 — Dilley, Frio, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Lucretia Neel Birth: about 1838 — Craighead, Arkansas, United States Death: September 4, 1922 — Pearsall, Frio, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: September 1, 1897 — Frio, Texas, United States |