Jasper Frank HigginsAge: 83 years1852–1935
- Name
- Jasper Frank Higgins
- Given names
- Jasper Frank
- Surname
- Higgins
![]() | 1852 |
![]() | Anna Kiza “Coon” Roe — View this family unknown |
![]() | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
![]() | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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 |
![]() | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 15 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 |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 15 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
![]() | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 17 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 |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 26 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
![]() #1 | Lida Higgins July 14, 1879 (Age 27 years) |
![]() #2 | Emma H Higgins February 20, 1887 (Age 35 years) |
![]() #3 | Emmett Higgins 1890 (Age 38 years) |
![]() | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 |
![]() | Charles Emmet Shemwell — Lida Higgins — View this family about December 6, 1899 (Age 47 years) |
![]() #1 | Pearl “Pearlie” Shemwell September 22, 1900 (Age 48 years) |
![]() #2 | Elmer Shemwell August 25, 1902 (Age 50 years) |
![]() #3 | Lawrence Shemwell August 7, 1904 (Age 52 years) |
![]() | Samuel Edward Shemwell — Emma H Higgins — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 22, 1905 (Age 53 years) |
![]() #4 | Roxie Anne Shemwell September 12, 1906 (Age 54 years) |
![]() #5 | Loyce Alpha Shemwell December 17, 1908 (Age 56 years) |
![]() #6 | Earl Baker Shemwell January 1, 1912 (Age 60 years) |
![]() #7 | Marvin Clay Shemwell October 31, 1913 (Age 61 years) |
![]() | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 64 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
![]() | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 65 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 |
![]() | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 66 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/ |
![]() | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 77 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 |
![]() | Elmer Shemwell July 23, 1934 (Age 82 years) |
![]() | Elmer Shemwell 1934 (Age 82 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
![]() | 1935 (Age 83 years) |
Family with Anna Kiza “Coon” Roe |
himself |
Jasper Frank Higgins Birth: 1852 Death: 1935 |
wife |
Anna Kiza “Coon” Roe Birth: 1857 Death: 1939 |
Marriage: — |
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daughter |
Birth: July 14, 1879 27 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 30, 1943 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
8 years daughter |
Emma H Higgins Birth: February 20, 1887 35 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 30, 1978 — Kentucky, United States |
4 years son |
Emmett Higgins Birth: 1890 38 33 Death: |