Joseph HiggersonAge: 96 years1842–1939
- Name
- Joseph Higgerson
- Given names
- Joseph
- Surname
- Higgerson
 Birth | December 18, 1842 49 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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 14 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Death of a father | James Joseph Higgerson December 25, 1861 (Age 19 years) Cause: Murdered |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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 24 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 24 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 26 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 |
| Death of a half-sister | Angeline Higgerson before 1870 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 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 half-brother | James W Higgerson June 5, 1880 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Jane Theresa Higgerson April 24, 1894 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 half-brother | Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson February 11, 1903 (Age 60 years) Address: Near Boonville |
| Death of a half-sister | Lucy Frances Higgerson 1907 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 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 74 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 75 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 86 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 |
 Death | February 11, 1939 (Age 96 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Joseph Higgerson Birth: 1793 — Virginia, United States Death: December 25, 1861 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| himself |
Joseph Higgerson Birth: December 18, 1842 49 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 11, 1939 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Nancy I Zachary |
| father |
James Joseph Higgerson Birth: 1793 — Virginia, United States Death: December 25, 1861 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Nancy I Zachary Birth: 1795 — Virginia, United States Death: 1868 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 1, 1824 — Madison, Virginia, United States |
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6 years half-sister |
Angeline Higgerson Birth: 1830 37 35 — Virginia, United States Death: before 1870 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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-3 years half-brother |
James W Higgerson Birth: about 1826 33 31 Death: June 5, 1880 |
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18 months half-sister |
Jane Theresa Higgerson Birth: July 18, 1827 34 32 — Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States Death: April 24, 1894 |
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5 years half-sister |
Lucy Frances Higgerson Birth: February 1832 39 37 — Virginia, United States Death: 1907 |
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4 years half-brother |
Birth: October 9, 1835 42 40 — Virginia, United States Death: February 11, 1903 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |