John Dempsey WoodruffAge: 68 years1861–1930
- Name
- John Dempsey Woodruff
- Given names
- John Dempsey
- Surname
- Woodruff
 Birth | September 30, 1861 33 35 |
 Birth of a brother | Abraham Davis Lincoln Woodruff April 7, 1862 (Age 6 months) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 5 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 5 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 7 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 |
 Census | August 1, 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a sister | Matilda M Woodruff after 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | James Madison Woodruff calculated 1879 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary “Polly” Gragg calculated 1890 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 father | Joshua Woodruff calculated 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Woodruff before 1913 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Caroline Nicey Woodruff July 18, 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 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 56 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 Henry Woodruff September 12, 1926 (Age 64 years) |
| Burial of a brother | William Henry Woodruff September 14, 1926 (Age 64 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodruff Cemetery #1 |
| Death of a sister | Caledonia D “Callie” Woodruff December 29, 1926 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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 | June 25, 1930 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | June 26, 1930 (1 day after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cary Flat Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joshua Woodruff Birth: November 1827 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: calculated 1900 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Mary “Polly” Gragg Birth: calculated 1826 42 36 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: calculated 1890 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1848 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Woodruff Birth: calculated 1850 22 24 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1913 |
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2 years elder brother |
James M Woodruff Birth: calculated 1851 23 25 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Matilda M Woodruff Birth: calculated 1852 24 26 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: after 1870 |
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2 years elder sister |
Caroline Nicey Woodruff Birth: May 20, 1854 26 28 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: July 18, 1918 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
William Henry Woodruff Birth: April 24, 1856 28 30 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: September 12, 1926 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Caledonia D “Callie” Woodruff Birth: June 7, 1857 29 31 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: December 29, 1926 — Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years himself |
John Dempsey Woodruff Birth: September 30, 1861 33 35 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: June 25, 1930 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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6 months younger brother |
Abraham Davis Lincoln Woodruff Birth: April 7, 1862 34 36 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: June 22, 1943 — North Carolina, United States |
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18 years younger brother |
James Madison Woodruff Birth: calculated 1879 51 53 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Joshua Woodruff - Household
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Joshua Woodruff - Household
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