Sarah “Sallie” BalckAge: 51 years1865–1917
- Name
- Sarah “Sallie” Balck
- Given names
- Sarah
- Surname
- Balck
- Nickname
- Sallie
- Married name
- Sarah Ellis
 Birth | May 22, 1865 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 19 months)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 19 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Edgar DeWitt Ellis — View this family about 1890 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Robbie Ellis April 29, 1894 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Carey Ellis August 18, 1895 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 |
 Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Charles Henry Schwam Jr. September 16, 1915 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 |
 Death | April 5, 1917 (Age 51 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Family with Edgar DeWitt Ellis |
| husband |
Edgar DeWitt Ellis Birth: September 15, 1865 40 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 10, 1928 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Sarah “Sallie” Balck Birth: May 22, 1865 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 5, 1917 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1890 — |
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4 years daughter |
Robbie Ellis Birth: April 29, 1894 28 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 31, 1979 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Carey Ellis Birth: August 18, 1895 29 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 1977 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Edgar DeWitt Ellis - Household
Dexter & Bartlett Road Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Edgar DeWitt Ellis - Household
Stage Road Shelby, Tennessee
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