Louisa Alverta “Lou” DriskillAge: 72 years1858–1930
- Name
- Louisa Alverta “Lou” Driskill
- Given names
- Louisa Alverta
- Surname
- Driskill
- Married name
- Louisa Alverta Allen
- Nickname
- Lou
 Birth | February 23, 1858 29 29 |
 Birth of a half-sister | Harriett Pidcock 1858 |
| Birth of a brother | George Clark Driskill November 6, 1859 (Age 20 months) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Anna Tolar between 1850 and 1860 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | September 5, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Arthur Davis Driskill May 6, 1861 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Seymore “Johnnie” Driskill May 3, 1862 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Frances Tennessee “Fannie” Driskill December 10, 1864 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)Note: 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Sylvester Merryman Driskill September 8, 1866 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 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 8 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Patrick Shemwell July 1869 (Age 11 years) Cause: Inflammation of bowels |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 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 |
| Census | June 13, 1870 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | James Nathan Allen Jr. — View this family January 31, 1884 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Ethel Allen January 1, 1885 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | James Orville “Shep” Allen September 10, 1890 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Martha Ellen “Mattie” Driskill November 4, 1891 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Isabella Shemwell August 21, 1893 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Gladys Myrtle Allen October 11, 1896 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 11, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a father | John Franklin Driskill April 18, 1902 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Ethel Allen June 4, 1906 (Age 48 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 #1 | James Durwood Ford October 19, 1919 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Chloe P Ford — Gladys Myrtle Allen — View this family estimated 1919 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James Durwood Ford October 19, 1919 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Chloe Helen Ford June 30, 1922 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Miranda Isabel “Belle” Driskill January 31, 1924 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Orville “Shep” Allen — Pearl D Gentry — View this family June 21, 1926 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | William Brandt “Bill” Ford Sr. October 22, 1926 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Patsy Lou Allen February 14, 1928 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 husband | James Nathan Allen Jr. December 3, 1929 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | February 28, 1930 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Franklin Driskill Birth: March 19, 1828 33 30 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States Death: April 18, 1902 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Isabella Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1828 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 1893 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 3, 1857 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months herself |
Louisa Alverta “Lou” Driskill Birth: February 23, 1858 29 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 28, 1930 — Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
George Clark Driskill Birth: November 6, 1859 31 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 21, 1946 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
Arthur Davis Driskill Birth: May 6, 1861 33 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 25, 1949 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year younger brother |
John Seymore “Johnnie” Driskill Birth: May 3, 1862 34 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 13, 1931 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Frances Tennessee “Fannie” Driskill Birth: December 10, 1864 36 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1951 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
Sylvester Merryman Driskill Birth: September 8, 1866 38 38 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 8, 1946 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Barbara Jane Shemwell |
| father |
John Franklin Driskill Birth: March 19, 1828 33 30 — Wilson, Tennessee, United States Death: April 18, 1902 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Barbara Jane Shemwell Birth: 1826 20 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1856 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 31, 1850 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months half-sister |
Miranda Isabel “Belle” Driskill Birth: January 13, 1851 22 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 31, 1924 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Mary Adeline “Molly” Driskill Birth: March 23, 1853 25 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 12, 1934 — Letohatchie, Lowndes, Alabama, United States |
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16 months half-sister |
Martha Ellen “Mattie” Driskill Birth: July 12, 1854 26 28 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 4, 1891 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Barbara Jane Driskill Birth: October 23, 1856 28 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 11, 1942 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with William Pidcock |
| step-father |
William Pidcock Birth: 1828 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Nancy Isabella Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1828 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 1893 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 23, 1856 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Harriett Pidcock Birth: 1858 30 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Family with James Nathan Allen Jr. |
| husband |
James Nathan Allen Jr. Birth: December 1855 33 26 — Smith, Tennessee, United States Death: December 3, 1929 — Pulaski, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Louisa Alverta “Lou” Driskill Birth: February 23, 1858 29 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 28, 1930 — Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 31, 1884 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months daughter |
Mary Ethel Allen Birth: January 1, 1885 29 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 4, 1906 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
James Orville “Shep” Allen Birth: September 10, 1890 34 32 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 26, 1959 — Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Gladys Myrtle Allen Birth: October 11, 1896 40 38 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 26, 1992 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
Louisa Alverta “Lou” Driskill has 44 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (44)
Parents John Franklin Driskill + Barbara Jane Shemwell
Parents John L Tabb + Martha Ellen Shemwell
Parents William Henry Shemwell + Elizabeth Jane Tomerlin
Parents Samuel Black Shemwell + Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock
Parents John Pidcock + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents John Patrick Shemwell Jr. + Mary Hester Sherrod
Parents James Lewis Shemwell + Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John Franklin Driskill - Household
Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Franklin Driskill - Household
Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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