 Birth | July 6, 1880 24 18 |
 Birth of a sister | Nellie Whitlow August 1882 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow April 21, 1885 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Louisa M Lee October 28, 1886 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dorsey John Whitlow September 25, 1887 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nettie Whitlow May 1889 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Orpha Whitlow August 3, 1892 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Clay Whitlow June 4, 1894 (Age 13 years) |
 Religious marriage | James Bruce Potter — View this family October 21, 1896 (Age 16 years) Address: Ish Whitlow home |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ora Bell Potter July 28, 1897 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Whitlow August 19, 1898 (Age 18 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 #2 | Octa Potter October 8, 1898 (Age 18 years) |
 Census | June 10, 1900 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a sister | Orpha Whitlow 1901 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell 1901 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nellie Whitlow 1902 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a father | Ishamel Higdon Whitlow June 5, 1903 (Age 22 years) Cause: Typhoid fever (Since May 22, 1903) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Nettie May Potter August 5, 1903 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | George Morton Shemwell July 29, 1904 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Vinita Francis Potter June 14, 1906 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leslie Howe Burd — Ora Bell Potter — View this family Type: Religious marriage August 5, 1914 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Marjorie Juanita Burd August 3, 1915 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 35 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | William Lewis Strickfaden — Octa Potter — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 12, 1918 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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 9, 1920 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell — Vinita Francis Potter — View this family February 1, 1922 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James William Mercer January 4, 1923 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Glenva Belle Burd March 6, 1923 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Theola Strickfaden July 28, 1924 (Age 44 years) Note: 1919? |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Hubert Potter “Hoot” Shemwell October 27, 1924 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Robert Leslie Burd May 1, 1926 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Emma Lee Strickfaden October 23, 1926 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nettie Whitlow February 16, 1927 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Jack Boyd Mercer May 20, 1927 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 49 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 8, 1930 (Age 49 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 sister | Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow July 1, 1946 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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 |
| Death of a brother | Dorsey John Whitlow April 11, 1955 (Age 74 years) Cause: Heart attack - had surgery for acute appenticitis |
| Burial of a brother | Dorsey John Whitlow April 14, 1955 (Age 74 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 | November 19, 1959 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery |