Celia Caroline GraggAge: 51 years1837–1888
- Name
- Celia Caroline Gragg
- Given names
- Celia Caroline
- Surname
- Gragg
- Married name
- Celia Caroline Stepp
 Birth | March 7, 1837 30 31 |
 Birth of a sister | Luzina Emaline “Lou” Gragg June 13, 1840 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Shelby Gragg May 26, 1842 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 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 |
 Census | July 27, 1850 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Buchanan “Buck” Gragg May 3, 1856 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 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 brother | Avery Gragg November 7, 1862 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 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 29 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 29 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 31 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 mother | Mary “Polly” Gilbert December 11, 1871 (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Allen Gragg — Elmina Perkins — View this family March 15, 1874 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 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 sister | Luzina Emaline “Lou” Gragg January 3, 1886 (Age 48 years) |
 Death | December 2, 1888 (Age 51 years) |
 Burial | |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Allen Gragg Birth: January 28, 1807 23 17 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: December 28, 1898 — Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Mary “Polly” Gilbert Birth: April 29, 1805 — North Carolina, United States Death: December 11, 1871 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1825 — Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Minerva Emaline “Minnie” Gragg Birth: July 16, 1827 20 22 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 28, 1906 — Riceville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Alfonso Gragg Sr. Birth: June 25, 1830 23 25 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: October 6, 1902 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
James Osmond Gragg Birth: February 4, 1833 26 27 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: December 24, 1907 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Avery Gragg Birth: calculated 1836 28 30 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 7, 1862 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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14 months herself |
Celia Caroline Gragg Birth: March 7, 1837 30 31 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: December 2, 1888 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Luzina Emaline “Lou” Gragg Birth: June 13, 1840 33 35 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: January 3, 1886 |
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23 months younger brother |
John Shelby Gragg Birth: May 26, 1842 35 37 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: October 4, 1929 — Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
| Father’s family with Elmina Perkins |
| father |
Allen Gragg Birth: January 28, 1807 23 17 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: December 28, 1898 — Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Elmina Perkins Birth: calculated 1812 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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Marriage: March 15, 1874 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Allen Gragg - Household
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