Capt. John Sr. Robinson (1792–1878)

1803 · age 11 — The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States

1825 · age 33 — The Erie Canal opened

1846 · age 54 — The Mexican–American War began

1861 · age 69 — The American Civil War began

1865 · age 73 — The Civil War ended and President Lincoln was assassinated

1869 · age 77 — The first transcontinental railroad was completed

1876 · age 84 — Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone