Tyre Christopher Columbus WebbAge: 92 years1863–1955
- Name
- Tyre Christopher Columbus Webb
- Given names
- Tyre Christopher Columbus
- Surname
- Webb
 Birth | February 9, 1863 24 28 |
 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Noah Burt Webb about 1866 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 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 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Effie Jane Webb about 1868 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 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 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Celia Caroline Boone October 29, 1874 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 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 sister | Adore Webb July 1879 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Walter Raleigh Webb August 23, 1879 (Age 16 years) |
| Census | June 17, 1880 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 | Nicey C Gragg calculated 1903 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Joseph Milton Webb — Mary Ellen Dugger — View this family December 9, 1904 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph Milton Webb about 1913 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a sister | Minerva Webb September 19, 1914 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 | Margaret Caldonia Webb July 9, 1919 (Age 56 years) Cause: Heart Dropsy |
| Burial of a sister | Margaret Caldonia Webb July 11, 1919 (Age 56 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hollander Family Cemetery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 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 | Walter Raleigh Webb May 16, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Noah Burt Webb April 21, 1932 (Age 69 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Noah Burt Webb April 22, 1932 (Age 69 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dorothea Dix Hospital Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | Thomas C Webb April 7, 1942 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 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 86 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 82 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 | November 18, 1955 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Webb Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph Milton Webb Birth: June 1838 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1913 — North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Nicey C Gragg Birth: May 1834 50 44 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: calculated 1903 — Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 24, 1857 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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-22 months elder sister |
Minerva Webb Birth: February 23, 1856 17 21 — Gragg, Avery, North Carolina, United States Death: September 19, 1914 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Margaret Caldonia Webb Birth: March 28, 1858 19 23 — Mitchell, North Carolina, United States Death: July 9, 1919 — Edgemont, Avery, North Carolina, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Thomas C Webb Birth: November 14, 1859 21 25 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1942 — Seminole, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Theodore M Webb Birth: about 1862 23 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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13 months himself |
Tyre Christopher Columbus Webb Birth: February 9, 1863 24 28 — Globe, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: November 18, 1955 — Pineola, Avery, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Noah Burt Webb Birth: about 1866 27 31 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: April 21, 1932 — Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Effie Jane Webb Birth: about 1868 29 33 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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12 years younger sister |
Adore Webb Birth: July 1879 41 45 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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2 months younger brother |
Walter Raleigh Webb Birth: August 23, 1879 41 45 — Avery, North Carolina, United States Death: May 16, 1930 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
| Father’s family with Mary Ellen Dugger |
| father |
Joseph Milton Webb Birth: June 1838 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1913 — North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Mary Ellen Dugger Birth: about 1874 — Carter, Tennessee, United States Death: March 26, 1915 — Gragg, Avery, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 9, 1904 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Milton Webb - Household
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Milton Webb - Household
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