The Shemwell Family

Mary “Annie” SikesAge: 71 years18701941

Name
Mary “Annie” Sikes
Given names
Mary "Annie"
Surname
Sikes
Married name
Mary "Annie" Joyce
Birth February 22, 1870 19 19
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Howell Sikes
about 1870
Census August 2, 1870 (Age 5 months)
Birth of a brotherLawrence Sikes
1873 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherTorence Sikes
1873 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Florence Sikes
November 17, 1874 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherOllie B Sikes
February 17, 1876 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 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 sisterElizabeth “Lizzie” Sikes
1879 (Age 8 years)

Death of a brotherTorence Sikes
after 1880 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a brotherGeorge Alex Sikes
May 20, 1881 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherNelson Franklin Sikes
March 17, 1883 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterLydia Sallie Sikes
April 4, 1888 (Age 18 years)
MarriageWilliam M “Willie” JoyceView this family
February 10, 1889 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Henry Sikes
June 29, 1890 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 maternal grandfatherElijah Lancaster
October 5, 1908 (Age 38 years)
Cause: Asthma
Death of a motherNancy Ann Lancaster
June 7, 1911 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Howell Sikes Jr.Laura Bell BroadwayView this family
March 1912 (Age 42 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 fatherWilliam Howell Sikes Jr.
April 22, 1929 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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 sisterIda Florence Sikes
July 24, 1934 (Age 64 years)
Death July 20, 1941 (Age 71 years)
Burial July 21, 1941 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount View Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 7, 1868Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
herself
Mary “Annie” Sikes
Birth: February 22, 1870 19 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 1941Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Lawrence Sikes
Birth: 1873 21 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
1 year
younger brother
Torence Sikes
Birth: 1873 21 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1880
23 months
younger sister
Ida Florence Sikes
Birth: November 17, 1874 23 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1934Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
15 months
younger brother
Ollie B Sikes
Birth: February 17, 1876 25 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1951Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
George Alex Sikes
Birth: May 20, 1881 30 30Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1943Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger brother
Nelson Franklin Sikes
Birth: March 17, 1883 32 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 1952Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger sister
Lydia Sallie Sikes
Birth: April 4, 1888 37 37Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 1971Barberton, Summit, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger brother
William Henry Sikes
Birth: June 29, 1890 39 39Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1957Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Laura Bell Broadway - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 1912Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with William M “Willie” Joyce - View this family
husband
herself
Mary “Annie” Sikes
Birth: February 22, 1870 19 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 1941Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: February 10, 1889Stewart, Tennessee, United States

Mary “Annie” Sikes has 32 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William Howell Sikes Jr. - Household

Dover, Stewart, TN

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Sikes, Williamhead19MWFarmerTN
Sikes, Nancywife20FWKeeping HouseTN
Sikes, Marydaughter1FWTN
Sikes, Annstep-mother34FWTN

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