Joseph Wilson DeWeesAge: 86 years1838–1924
- Name
- Joseph Wilson DeWees
- Given names
- Joseph Wilson
- Surname
- DeWees
 Birth | September 11, 1838 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 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 22 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 28 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 28 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 30 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 | Annie E Ward — View this family calculated 1872 (Age 33 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Frank E DeWees May 1873 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 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 #2 | Florence DeWees October 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage | Sarah V Dewers — View this family calculated 1881 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Zennie E DeWees October 1882 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Lewis C DeWees October 1885 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage | Annie E Riggins — View this family April 26, 1891 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Chester Henley DeWees February 24, 1892 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 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 |
 Census | June 12, 1900 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a wife | Annie E Riggins April 15, 1903 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jack Dewees Ashbrook December 9, 1913 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Aaron Felix Ashbrook December 29, 1915 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 77 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Delbert Frank Ashbrook January 23, 1918 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 78 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 79 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 | December 23, 1924 (Age 86 years) |
 Last change | March 15, 2017 – 13:38:16 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with Annie E Ward |
| himself |
Joseph Wilson DeWees Birth: September 11, 1838 — Grayson, Kentucky, United States Death: December 23, 1924 — Texas, United States |
| wife |
Annie E Ward Birth: Illinois, United States Death: |
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Marriage: calculated 1872 — |
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17 months son |
Frank E DeWees Birth: May 1873 34 — Texas, United States Death: |
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8 years daughter |
Florence DeWees Birth: October 1880 42 — Texas, United States Death: |
| Family with Sarah V Dewers |
| himself |
Joseph Wilson DeWees Birth: September 11, 1838 — Grayson, Kentucky, United States Death: December 23, 1924 — Texas, United States |
| wife |
Sarah V Dewers Birth: Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: calculated 1881 — |
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22 months son |
Zennie E DeWees Birth: October 1882 44 — Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Lewis C DeWees Birth: October 1885 47 — Texas, United States Death: |
| Family with Annie E Riggins |
| himself |
Joseph Wilson DeWees Birth: September 11, 1838 — Grayson, Kentucky, United States Death: December 23, 1924 — Texas, United States |
| wife |
Annie E Riggins Birth: January 31, 1857 27 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 15, 1903 — Texas, United States |
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Marriage: April 26, 1891 — Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Birth: February 24, 1892 53 35 — Newark, Wise, Texas, United States Death: December 1, 1966 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
| Ward … + Annie E Riggins |
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Ward … Death: |
| wife |
Annie E Riggins Birth: January 31, 1857 27 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 15, 1903 — Texas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Wilson DeWees - Household
Rhome, Wise, Texas
Annie has 3 living children |