Carroll Pinkney GraggAge: 87 years1846–1933
- Name
- Carroll Pinkney Gragg
- Given names
- Carroll Pinkney
- Surname
- Gragg
 Birth | March 4, 1846 26 23 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Sophronia Emaline Gragg February 2, 1849 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | July 30, 1850 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Finley Gragg October 2, 1851 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Celia Gragg August 10, 1854 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Boone Gragg February 15, 1856 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Buchanan “Buck” Gragg May 3, 1856 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a sister | Celia Gragg February 17, 1858 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | July 23, 1860 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 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 20 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 20 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 22 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 | Melinda Mast before June 1873 (Age 27 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Jesse Gragg — LeGrand Webb — View this family June 30, 1873 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sophronia Emaline Gragg calculated 1875 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 31 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 | Susan P “Susie” Gragg June 26, 1901 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a father | Jesse Gragg October 12, 1914 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 69 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 70 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 71 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 brother | William Finley Gragg January 20, 1929 (Age 82 years) |
| Burial of a brother | William Finley Gragg January 21, 1929 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 83 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 | December 13, 1933 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jesse Gragg Birth: January 15, 1820 36 30 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: October 12, 1914 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Melinda Mast Birth: September 26, 1822 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: before June 1873 |
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Marriage: December 1, 1842 — North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Susan P “Susie” Gragg Birth: April 16, 1845 25 22 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: June 26, 1901 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months himself |
Carroll Pinkney Gragg Birth: March 4, 1846 26 23 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: December 13, 1933 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sophronia Emaline Gragg Birth: February 2, 1849 29 26 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: calculated 1875 — North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Finley Gragg Birth: October 2, 1851 31 29 — Collettsville, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: January 20, 1929 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Celia Gragg Birth: August 10, 1854 34 31 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: February 17, 1858 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
John Boone Gragg Birth: February 15, 1856 36 33 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: May 23, 1937 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| Father’s family with LeGrand Webb |
| father |
Jesse Gragg Birth: January 15, 1820 36 30 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: October 12, 1914 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
LeGrand Webb Birth: calculated 1849 — Yancey, North Carolina, United States Death: March 3, 1920 — Linville, Avery, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: June 30, 1873 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Gragg - Household
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Gragg - Household
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