Louisa Sue LeeAge: 74 years1863–1938
- Name
- Louisa Sue Lee
- Given names
- Louisa Sue
- Surname
- Lee
 Birth | November 24, 1863 24 |
 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Rose E Lee 1866 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 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 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Marriage of a parent | Charles Penic Lee — Virginia A Martin — View this family October 8, 1868 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Charles P Lee November 18, 1869 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 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 15, 1870 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Alfred Tinsley Lee September 12, 1871 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | John Wesley Lee October 2, 1873 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Benjamin Martin Lee August 17, 1875 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Maggie Lee May 17, 1878 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Maggie Lee June 20, 1878 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a half-brother | Virgil Elvin Lee February 26, 1880 (Age 16 years) |
| Census | June 2, 1880 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Charles P Lee June 18, 1897 (Age 33 years) Cause: Shot in back; operation not successful |
| 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 |
| Death of a father | Charles Penic Lee October 14, 1903 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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/ |
| 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 |
| Death of a half-brother | John Wesley Lee April 10, 1932 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Virgil Elvin Lee August 11, 1933 (Age 69 years) Cause: TB |
 Death | May 27, 1938 (Age 74 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Charles Penic Lee Birth: March 20, 1839 38 37 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1903 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Amanda M Miller Death: |
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Marriage: December 26, 1860 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Elizabeth D Lee Birth: 1862 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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23 months herself |
Louisa Sue Lee Birth: November 24, 1863 24 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 27, 1938 — Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Rose E Lee Birth: 1866 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Virginia A Martin |
| father |
Charles Penic Lee Birth: March 20, 1839 38 37 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1903 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Virginia A Martin Birth: January 18, 1839 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 27, 1892 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1868 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months half-brother |
Charles P Lee Birth: November 18, 1869 30 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 18, 1897 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months half-brother |
Alfred Tinsley Lee Birth: September 12, 1871 32 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 17, 1959 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
John Wesley Lee Birth: October 2, 1873 34 34 Death: April 10, 1932 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months half-brother |
Benjamin Martin Lee Birth: August 17, 1875 36 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 15, 1954 — Daysville, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Maggie Lee Birth: May 17, 1878 39 39 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: June 20, 1878 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months half-brother |
Virgil Elvin Lee Birth: February 26, 1880 40 41 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1933 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
Louisa Sue Lee has 27 first cousins recorded
Father's family (27)
Parents John Richard Thompson + Nancy C L F “Frances” Lee
Parents George Morton Shemwell + Louisa M Lee
Parents William Gibson + Delilah Adeline Lee
Parents Robert Levi Thompson + Delilah Adeline Lee
Parents Howell B Edwards + Gabriella A Lee
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Charles P Lee - Household
Logan, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Charles Penic Lee - Household
Logan, Kentucky, United States
Robert listed not Virgil Lee |