 Birth | August 23, 1874 28 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Susan Elliot Gilliam September 7, 1875 (Age 12 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Cordelia Gilliam October 5, 1876 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Rasmus Elden Gilliam March 7, 1878 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 21, 1880 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam June 26, 1882 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Green Shemwell after May 1884 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Loranza Gilliam December 1886 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nannie Cashman Gilliam June 1889 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mamie J Gilliam March 16, 1890 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mamie J Gilliam March 11, 1893 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Evalena Lena Higgins — View this family about 1897 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Zula Gilliam February 22, 1901 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Bertice Austin Gilliam January 10, 1903 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Melvin Ralston Gilliam September 30, 1906 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 12, 1907 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Walker Gilliam May 22, 1908 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a son | Walker Gilliam May 25, 1908 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Earl Gilliam February 2, 1911 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a son | Earl Gilliam February 4, 1911 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Beulah Larell Gilliam February 22, 1913 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Alta Mae Gilliam October 6, 1914 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #8 | William Dallas Gilliam September 7, 1917 (Age 43 years) |
 Military | WW1 Draft September 12, 1918 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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/ |
| Birth of a son #9 | James Franklin Gilliam June 22, 1919 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nannie Cashman Gilliam August 15, 1924 (Age 49 years) Cause: Tuberculosis Note: Informant: Pruda Walker |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Gilliam Francis November 28, 1928 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Gilliam Francis November 28, 1928 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Eva Beth Francis June 9, 1929 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Eva Beth Francis June 10, 1929 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 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 |
| Census | April 22, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Rowelia Francis October 14, 1931 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a father | James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. January 28, 1933 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Rowelia Francis before 1940 (Age 65 years) Note: Rowelia is not in the 1940 Census, presumed death. -b |
| Census | April 20, 1940 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Dr. William Bennett Gilliam October 15, 1941 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 11, 1948 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |