William Henry Irving Follett

Male24 February 1897–25 July 1916

Brief Life History of William Henry Irving

When William Henry Irving Follett was born on 24 February 1897, in Long Island, Phillips, Kansas, United States, his father, Homer E Volk Follett, was 41 and his mother, Harriet Adelia Putnam, was 33. He lived in Dayton Township, Phillips, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 25 July 1916, in Hitchcock, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Cheyenne Valley Cemetery, Wheeler, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Homer E Volk Follett
1855–1924
Harriet Adelia Putnam
1863–1937
Ella Almary Follett
1882–1972
Homer Albert Louis Follett
1884–1961
George Elmer Follett
1886–1969
Harriet Adelia Follett
1888–1889
Jonah Earl Follett
1891–1974
Elroy Lawrence Follett
1893–1964
Oliver Frederick Follett
1895–1967
William Henry Irving Follett
1897–1916
Hetty Edith Follett
1899–2000
Llewellyn Victor Follett
1901–1990
Charles Putnam Follett
1904–1958
John Richard Follett
1906–1990

Sources (9)

  • Henry E Follett in household of Homer Follett, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William Henry Irving Follett, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ancestry Family Trees

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 1

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 3

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 6

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French fol(l)et ‘fool, jester’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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