 Birth | December 8, 1870 38 35 |
 Birth of a brother | Samuel Montgomery Dial March 27, 1873 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Willie Lee Dial April 30, 1875 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Walter Malcomb Dial June 16, 1878 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 7 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ida Dial February 6, 1897 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alice Dial January 26, 1898 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 8, 1900 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Parham 1911 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a sister | Annie Louisa Dial October 3, 1914 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a father | William Andrew Dial June 30, 1916 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 45 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Frances “Dink” Dial April 13, 1918 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 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 47 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 3, 1920 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 58 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 brother | James A Dial April 22, 1931 (Age 60 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel Montgomery Dial February 6, 1941 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial September 3, 1944 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 | Walter Malcomb Dial September 9, 1954 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Belle “Nannie” Dial October 1, 1957 (Age 86 years) |
| Death of a brother | Willie Lee Dial December 11, 1965 (Age 95 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 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 | March 15, 1969 (Age 98 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery |