Sarah Ann “Sallie” Bowers1836–
- Name
- Sarah Ann “Sallie” Bowers
- Given names
- Sarah Ann
- Surname
- Bowers
- Nickname
- Sallie
- Married name
- Sarah Ann Sikes
 Birth | about 1836 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | William Howell Sikes — View this family June 29, 1855 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Celia Catherine Sikes August 4, 1857 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 years)Note: 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 31 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 31 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 33 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 |
| Death of a husband | William Howell Sikes about 1870 (Age 34 years) |
 Census | August 2, 1870 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 42 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 granddaughter #1 | Mary Dassa Rassman December 10, 1897 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 62 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 80 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 81 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 82 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 93 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 daughter | Celia Catherine Sikes May 3, 1935 (Age 99 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 105 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 |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with William Howell Sikes |
| husband |
William Howell Sikes Birth: about 1818 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1870 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Ann “Sallie” Bowers Birth: about 1836 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: June 29, 1855 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Celia Catherine Sikes Birth: August 4, 1857 39 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 3, 1935 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| William Howell Sikes + Sarah Rebecca Geurin |
| husband |
William Howell Sikes Birth: about 1818 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1870 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Sarah Rebecca Geurin Birth: October 20, 1824 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 1, 1855 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 11, 1840 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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10 years step-son |
William Howell Sikes Jr. Birth: January 5, 1851 33 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1929 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Howell Sikes Jr. - Household
Dover, Stewart, TN
Ann ?? |