Washington Gragg1850–
- Name
- Washington Gragg
- Given names
- Washington
- Surname
- Gragg
 Birth | calculated 1850 31 30 |
 Census | July 24, 1850 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy Elizabeth Gragg May 1855 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Buchanan “Buck” Gragg May 3, 1856 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a sister | Fannie Elizabeth Gragg May 24, 1861 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a brother | Patterson G Grogg February 20, 1864 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Isom Gragg calculated 1864 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 17 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 17 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 19 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 paternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 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 | Louisa A Gragg after 1880 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 mother | Elizabeth “Betsy” Harris calculated 1899 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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 of a sister | Nancy Elizabeth Gragg after 1920 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 79 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 | William A Gragg July 23, 1932 (Age 82 years) |
| Burial of a brother | William A Gragg July 25, 1932 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a sister | Fannie Elizabeth Gragg December 6, 1937 (Age 87 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 91 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 100 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 96 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 |
Isom Gragg Birth: calculated 1819 35 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: calculated 1864 |
| mother |
Elizabeth “Betsy” Harris Birth: February 15, 1819 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: calculated 1899 — North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Louisa A Gragg Birth: calculated 1840 21 20 — North Carolina, United States Death: after 1880 |
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4 years elder brother |
William A Gragg Birth: January 9, 1844 25 24 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: July 23, 1932 — Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Patterson G Grogg Birth: calculated 1847 28 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 20, 1864 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years himself |
Washington Gragg Birth: calculated 1850 31 30 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Nancy Elizabeth Gragg Birth: May 1855 36 36 — North Carolina, United States Death: after 1920 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Fannie Elizabeth Gragg Birth: May 24, 1861 42 42 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: December 6, 1937 — Busick, Yancey, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Isom Gragg - Household
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