Susan Elliot GilliamAge: 78 years1875–1954
- Name
- Susan Elliot Gilliam
- Given names
- Susan Elliot
- Surname
- Gilliam
- Married name
- Susan Elliot Meador
 Birth | September 7, 1875 29 28 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Cordelia Gilliam October 5, 1876 (Age 12 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Rasmus Elden Gilliam March 7, 1878 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 2 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 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam June 26, 1882 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Green Shemwell after May 1884 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Loranza Gilliam December 1886 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nannie Cashman Gilliam June 1889 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mamie J Gilliam March 16, 1890 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mamie J Gilliam March 11, 1893 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Elvy Opedia Meador — View this family about 1895 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Hallie Meador November 15, 1896 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 son #2 | Erie Orlin Meador March 8, 1899 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | June 23, 1900 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Felix Randolph Meador November 3, 1905 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a mother | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 12, 1907 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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/ |
| Census | January 19, 1920 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Bryant “Willie” Dill — Mary Hallie Meador — View this family August 11, 1921 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William E Dill June 19, 1922 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Rev. James Nelson Dill April 16, 1924 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nannie Cashman Gilliam August 15, 1924 (Age 48 years) Cause: Tuberculosis Note: Informant: Pruda Walker |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 54 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 2, 1930 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Felix Randolph Meador — Mary Ruth Kallenbach — View this family May 3, 1931 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a father | James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. January 28, 1933 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | Dr. William Bennett Gilliam October 15, 1941 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | Elvy Opedia Meador 1942 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 of a brother | Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam December 11, 1948 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rasmus Elden Gilliam October 6, 1952 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 74 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 70 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 | July 17, 1954 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. Birth: March 27, 1846 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 28, 1933 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Columbia Jane Shemwell Birth: May 7, 1847 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 12, 1907 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 9, 1872 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Dr. William Bennett Gilliam Birth: October 18, 1872 26 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 15, 1941 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam Birth: August 23, 1874 28 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 11, 1948 — Kentucky, United States |
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1 year herself |
Susan Elliot Gilliam Birth: September 7, 1875 29 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 17, 1954 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months younger sister |
Mary Cordelia Gilliam Birth: October 5, 1876 30 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1965 — Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months younger brother |
Rasmus Elden Gilliam Birth: March 7, 1878 31 30 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 1952 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam Birth: June 26, 1882 36 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1962 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
James Loranza Gilliam Birth: December 1886 40 39 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1959 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Nannie Cashman Gilliam Birth: June 1889 43 42 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 15, 1924 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months younger sister |
Mamie J Gilliam Birth: March 16, 1890 43 42 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: March 11, 1893 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Elvy Opedia Meador |
| husband |
Elvy Opedia Meador Birth: August 14, 1873 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1942 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Susan Elliot Gilliam Birth: September 7, 1875 29 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 17, 1954 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1895 — |
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22 months daughter |
Mary Hallie Meador Birth: November 15, 1896 23 21 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 1975 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Erie Orlin Meador Birth: March 8, 1899 25 23 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: April 10, 1976 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years son |
Felix Randolph Meador Birth: November 3, 1905 32 30 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: March 1983 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Susan Elliot Gilliam has 39 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (39)
Parents Joseph A Shemwell + Sarah A Ralston
Parents John Andrew Harris + George Ann Shemwell
Parents Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell + Mary S Troutt
Parents William Rastus “Raz” Harris + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents William Luther Shemwell + Lucy M Gilliam
Parents William McKinley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Elvy Opedia Meador - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Elvy Opedia Meador - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Elvy Opedia Meador - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Elvy Opedia Meador - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
Next door to daughter Hallie Dill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Elvy Opedia Meador - Household
Logan, Kentucky
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