The Shemwell Family

George Alex SikesAge: 62 years18811943

Name
George Alex Sikes
Given names
George Alex
Surname
Sikes
Birth May 20, 1881 30 30
Birth of a brotherNelson Franklin Sikes
March 17, 1883 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a sisterLydia Sallie Sikes
April 4, 1888 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Henry Sikes
June 29, 1890 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
MarriageKatie DaughertyView this family
October 29, 1902 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherElijah Lancaster
October 5, 1908 (Age 27 years)
Cause: Asthma
Death of a motherNancy Ann Lancaster
June 7, 1911 (Age 30 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Howell Sikes Jr.Laura Bell BroadwayView this family
March 1912 (Age 30 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 53 years)
Death of a sisterMary “Annie” Sikes
July 20, 1941 (Age 60 years)
Burial of a sisterMary “Annie” Sikes
July 21, 1941 (Age 60 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount View Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 October 5, 1943 (Age 62 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 7, 1868Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder sister
Mary “Annie” Sikes
Birth: February 22, 1870 19 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 1941Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
Lawrence Sikes
Birth: 1873 21 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
1 year
elder brother
Torence Sikes
Birth: 1873 21 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1880
23 months
elder sister
Ida Florence Sikes
Birth: November 17, 1874 23 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1934Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
15 months
elder brother
Ollie B Sikes
Birth: February 17, 1876 25 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1951Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
2 years
himself
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 Katie Daugherty - View this family
himself
George Alex Sikes
Birth: May 20, 1881 30 30Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1943Stewart, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: October 29, 1902Stewart, Tennessee, United States

George Alex Sikes has 32 first cousins recorded