Sallie Lenora AlexanderAge: 75 years1864–1940
- Name
- Sallie Lenora Alexander
- Given names
- Sallie Lenora
- Surname
- Alexander
- Married name
- Sallie Lenora Burcham
- Married name
- Sallie Lenora Nash
 Birth | March 1864 27 22 |
 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 2 years)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 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 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 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Evans Howell 1870 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas P Alexander February 28, 1871 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | John Williams Burcham — View this family February 29, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Maud Burcham May 1883 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lillie Burcham March 1886 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | John Thomas Burcham March 14, 1888 (Age 24 years) |
| Marriage | William B Nash — View this family calculated 1894 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | James Herbert Nash October 22, 1896 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 #5 | Cecil Nash August 1898 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Margaret Jones 1900 (Age 35 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Willie Orlean Nash February 5, 1904 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a mother | Jennet Howell May 5, 1909 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Herbert Nash — Ellie A Shemwell — View this family January 17, 1916 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 grandson #1 | Herbert Marion “Son” Nash June 6, 1917 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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 grandson #2 | Leslie Rudolph Nash August 2, 1921 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Arthuretta “Sissy” Nash December 10, 1924 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | William Berry “Bill” Nash January 8, 1929 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 17, 1930 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Mary Betty Nash June 19, 1933 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Raymond Franklin “Buster” Nash Sr. April 24, 1934 (Age 70 years) |
 Death | January 15, 1940 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Howell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas P Alexander Birth: March 15, 1836 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 28, 1871 — Cumberland City, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Jennet Howell Birth: February 17, 1842 28 21 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: May 5, 1909 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: February 11, 1855 — Roane, Tennessee, United States |
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9 years herself |
Sallie Lenora Alexander Birth: March 1864 27 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 15, 1940 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| Mother’s family with Almon Lowry |
| step-father |
Almon Lowry Death: |
| mother |
Jennet Howell Birth: February 17, 1842 28 21 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: May 5, 1909 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with John Williams Burcham |
| husband |
John Williams Burcham Death: |
| herself |
Sallie Lenora Alexander Birth: March 1864 27 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 15, 1940 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 29, 1880 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Maud Burcham Birth: May 1883 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Lillie Burcham Birth: March 1886 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years son |
John Thomas Burcham Birth: March 14, 1888 24 — Cumberland City, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 17, 1954 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with William B Nash |
| husband |
William B Nash Birth: January 2, 1870 25 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 16, 1961 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Sallie Lenora Alexander Birth: March 1864 27 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 15, 1940 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1894 — |
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3 years son |
James Herbert Nash Birth: October 22, 1896 26 32 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 1, 1978 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
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22 months son |
Cecil Nash Birth: August 1898 28 34 Death: |
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6 years daughter |
Willie Orlean Nash Birth: February 5, 1904 34 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 1982 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
Sallie Lenora Alexander has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (1)
Parents Thomas “Tom” Howell + Sarah A “Sallie” Weston
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William B. Nash - Household
Civil District 6, Enu. 64 Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William B. Nash - Household
Dist. 6 Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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