A tacit version of Don's with a bit of simplification by using  2 0&{ instead 
of 0 2 { (Also used the 1892 value for Jacob's unfortunate demise)

    (] , [: <"0 [: -/ [: ". [: > 2 0&{)"1 E
┌────┬───────────────────────┬────┬──┐
│1809│Philip St. George Cooke│1895│86│
├────┼───────────────────────┼────┼──┤
│1836│Flora Cooke Stuart     │1923│87│
├────┼───────────────────────┼────┼──┤
│1833│Jeb Stuart             │1864│31│
├────┼───────────────────────┼────┼──┤
│1834│Jacob Sharpe           │1892│58│
└────┴───────────────────────┴────┴──┘
   
Cheers, bob

> On Jun 29, 2016, at 6:44 AM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>   v=:3 : 'y,.<"0-~/"1".&>0 2{"1 y'
>   v E
> +----+-----------------------+----+-----+
> |1809|Philip St. George Cooke|1895|86   |
> +----+-----------------------+----+-----+
> |1836|Flora Cooke Stuart     |1923|87   |
> +----+-----------------------+----+-----+
> |1833|Jeb Stuart             |1864|31   |
> +----+-----------------------+----+-----+
> |1834|Jacob Sharpe           |189 |_1645|
> +----+-----------------------+----+-----+
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Linda A Alvord <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Nowdefine a verb to add a 4th column of the life span of each person.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> A=:'1809';'Philip St. George Cooke';'1895'
>> 
>>   B=:'1836';'Flora Cooke Stuart';'1923'
>> 
>>   C=:'1833';'Jeb Stuart';'1864'
>> 
>>   D=:'1834';'Jacob Sharpe';'189'
>> 
>>   [E=:A,B,C,:D
>> 
>> -----T-----------------------T----┐
>> │1809│Philip St. George Cooke│1895│
>> +----+-----------------------+----+
>> │1836│Flora Cooke Stuart     │1923│
>> +----+-----------------------+----+
>> │1833│Jeb Stuart             │1864│
>> +----+-----------------------+----+
>> │1834│Jacob Sharpe           │189 │
>> L----+-----------------------+-----
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Linda
>> 
>> 
>> 
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