Daniel Henry HouserAge: 90 years1838–1929
- Name
- Daniel Henry Houser
- Given names
- Daniel Henry
- Surname
- Houser
 Birth | April 24, 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 |
 Marriage | Anne Elizabeth Huggins — View this family December 25, 1867 (Age 29 years) |
| 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Elizabeth Houser July 29, 1870 (Age 32 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 |
 Census | June 9, 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Henry Baldwin — Mary Elizabeth Houser — View this family June 27, 1889 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Annie Ethel Baldwin December 19, 1891 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Blanche Mattie Baldwin January 3, 1892 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Annie Ethel Baldwin January 18, 1892 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Louise May “Louie” Baldwin June 15, 1896 (Age 58 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Rubin Leroy Baldwin December 12, 1901 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Walter Leroy Baldwin September 10, 1904 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Elizabeth Houser November 5, 1910 (Age 72 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 |
| 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 | January 6, 1929 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graceland Park Cemetery |
| Family with Anne Elizabeth Huggins |
| himself |
Daniel Henry Houser Birth: April 24, 1838 — Dearborn, Indiana, United States Death: January 6, 1929 — Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States |
| wife |
Anne Elizabeth Huggins Birth: July 14, 1845 — Vermont, United States Death: December 29, 1932 — Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: December 25, 1867 — Sergeant Bluff, Woodbury, Iowa, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Houser Birth: July 29, 1870 32 25 — Woodbury, Iowa, United States Death: November 5, 1910 — Bonesteel, Gregory, South Dakota, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Henry Houser - Household
Jordan, Monona, Iowa, United States
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