Zepheniah Reuben RobyAge: 75 years1869–1944
- Name
- Zepheniah Reuben Roby
- Given names
- Zepheniah Reuben
- Surname
- Roby
 Birth | March 10, 1869 41 27 |
 Marriage | Sallie Ann Miller — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: 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 mother | Mary Elizabeth Freeman May 27, 1877 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 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 half-brother | Ralph E Roby 1883 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Zeph Leslie Roby September 12, 1901 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Greenberry Wilson Roby September 9, 1911 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Leslie Roland Roby May 21, 1923 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 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 of a brother | Barton Aquilla Roby December 4, 1941 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | April 11, 1944 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Erin Oak Hill Cemetery |
 Last change | October 31, 2017 – 11:29:43 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Greenberry Wilson Roby Birth: May 10, 1827 27 31 — Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, United States Death: September 9, 1911 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Freeman Birth: August 19, 1841 — Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States Death: May 27, 1877 — Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
Barton Aquilla Roby Birth: October 2, 1860 33 19 — Georgia, United States Death: December 4, 1941 — Tennessee, United States |
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Zepheniah Reuben Roby Birth: March 10, 1869 41 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 11, 1944 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Lenora Eldridge |
| father |
Greenberry Wilson Roby Birth: May 10, 1827 27 31 — Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, United States Death: September 9, 1911 — Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Lenora Eldridge Birth: February 3, 1847 Death: May 25, 1890 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| half-brother |
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| Family with Sallie Ann Miller |
| himself |
Zepheniah Reuben Roby Birth: March 10, 1869 41 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 11, 1944 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Sallie Ann Miller Birth: December 23, 1873 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 16, 1959 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Birth: September 12, 1901 32 27 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: December 19, 1993 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |