William T Elbert1860–
- Name
- William T Elbert
- Given names
- William T
- Surname
- Elbert
 Birth | April 1860 32 29 |
 Census | June 8, 1860 (Age 2 months) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Sophia Hockaday after 1860 (Age ) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 months)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 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Elbert 1866 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a father | William F Elbert 1866 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 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 6 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 8 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 |
| Census | July 27, 1870 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 2, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Julius G Herndon September 16, 1882 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ella Elbert February 5, 1883 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Weston Herndon July 20, 1884 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 sister | Martha Francis “Mattie” Elbert October 16, 1902 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel H Elbert July 1909 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 69 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 89 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 85 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 |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William F Elbert Birth: 1828 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1866 — Johnson, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Weston Herndon Birth: May 20, 1830 30 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 20, 1884 — Smithton, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: August 5, 1851 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Martha Francis “Mattie” Elbert Birth: May 15, 1852 24 21 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: October 16, 1902 — Missouri, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Ella Elbert Birth: 1853 25 22 — Missouri, United States Death: February 5, 1883 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Samuel H Elbert Birth: 1856 28 25 — Henry, Missouri, United States Death: July 1909 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Henry Elbert Birth: 1858 30 27 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years himself |
William T Elbert Birth: April 1860 32 29 — Henry, Missouri, United States Death: |
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7 years younger sister |
Mary Elbert Birth: 1866 38 35 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William F Elbert - Household
Henry, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Weston Herndon - Household
Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Weston Herndon - Household
Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
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