Joseph Harrison GreggAge: 89 years1865–1955
- Name
- Joseph Harrison Gregg
- Given names
- Joseph Harrison
- Surname
- Gregg
 Birth | December 27, 1865 46 30 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 months)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 12 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 sister | Sarah Catherine Gregg March 6, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Celia Jane Gregg January 2, 1873 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Hiram T Gregg calculated 1876 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Alice Gregg November 4, 1877 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 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 father | Harrison Gregg August 11, 1898 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 brother | Leason F Gregg August 11, 1913 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 half-brother | Julius Daniel Gragg December 4, 1919 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Hannah Whitehead February 6, 1923 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | John M Gregg May 15, 1923 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 sister | Mary Alice Gregg July 28, 1941 (Age 75 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Mary Alice Gregg July 31, 1941 (Age 75 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kent IOOF Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 sister | Celia Jane Gregg March 25, 1949 (Age 83 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Celia Jane Gregg March 28, 1949 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Catherine Gregg March 2, 1952 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 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 80 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 | July 16, 1955 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Harrison Gregg Birth: August 11, 1819 36 29 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: August 11, 1898 — Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Hannah Whitehead Birth: August 7, 1835 — Carter, Tennessee, United States Death: February 6, 1923 — Butler, Johnson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: August 6, 1853 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months elder brother |
Leason F Gregg Birth: June 14, 1854 34 18 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States Death: August 11, 1913 — Tennessee, United States |
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5 years elder brother |
John M Gregg Birth: October 17, 1859 40 24 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States Death: May 15, 1923 |
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3 years elder brother |
Daniel Gregg Birth: calculated 1862 42 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years himself |
Joseph Harrison Gregg Birth: December 27, 1865 46 30 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 16, 1955 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Sarah Catherine Gregg Birth: March 6, 1870 50 34 — Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States Death: March 2, 1952 — Washington, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Celia Jane Gregg Birth: January 2, 1873 53 37 — Washington, Tennessee, United States Death: March 25, 1949 — Washington, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Mary Alice Gregg Birth: November 4, 1877 58 42 — Butler, Johnson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1941 — Kent, Sherman, Oregon, United States |
| Father’s family with Margaret Jenkins Dugger |
| father |
Harrison Gregg Birth: August 11, 1819 36 29 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: August 11, 1898 — Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Margaret Jenkins Dugger Birth: December 17, 1826 — Carter, Tennessee, United States Death: November 16, 1850 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 18, 1842 — Johnson, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
George W Gragg Birth: calculated 1844 24 17 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years half-brother |
Julius Daniel Gragg Birth: calculated 1846 26 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 4, 1919 — Unicoi, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
James Thomas Gragg Birth: calculated 1847 27 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years half-brother |
Zachariah Taylor Gragg Birth: calculated 1849 29 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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17 months half-brother |
Hiram T Gregg Birth: June 10, 1850 30 23 — Carter, Tennessee, United States Death: calculated 1876 — Garrett, Maryland, United States |