James R Laster1878–
- Name
- James R Laster
- Given names
- James R
- Surname
- Laster
 Birth | December 1878 |
 Marriage | Mattie T Carneal — View this family 1897 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Aaron L Laster November 1897 (Age 18 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 daughter #2 | Callie Jane Laster October 10, 1899 (Age 20 years) |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mattie T Carneal July 3, 1911 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | George Dewey Hardison — Callie Jane Laster — View this family May 3, 1921 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 50 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 daughter | Callie Jane Laster November 21, 1929 (Age 50 years) Cause: Child Birth |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 of a son | Aaron L Laster September 26, 1953 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Slaughter Cemetery |
| Family with Mattie T Carneal |
| himself |
James R Laster Birth: December 1878 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| wife |
Mattie T Carneal Birth: December 23, 1879 31 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 3, 1911 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1897 — Kentucky, United States |
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11 months son |
Aaron L Laster Birth: November 1897 18 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 26, 1953 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Callie Jane Laster Birth: October 10, 1899 20 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 21, 1929 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Nancy J Welborn - Household
Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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