The Shemwell Family

Sarah Ann SansomAge: 81 years18651946

Name
Sarah Ann Sansom
Given names
Sarah Ann
Surname
Sansom
Married name
Sarah Ann Blankenship
Birth April 14, 1865
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 20 months)
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 20 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageDaniel Harvey BlankenshipView this family
1881 (Age 15 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Jane Blankenship
May 7, 1888 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 20, 1900 (Age 35 years)
Marriage

William Wesley MintoMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
July 4, 1906 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Wesley MintoMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
July 4, 1906 (Age 41 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

Thomas Edward DunstonMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
May 4, 1907 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childThomas Edward DunstonMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
May 4, 1907 (Age 42 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

George W BradfordMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
November 1, 1909 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge W BradfordMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
November 1, 1909 (Age 44 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

Harry B SmithMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
August 26, 1911 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childHarry B SmithMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
August 26, 1911 (Age 46 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

Edgar Chattin AllenMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
October 24, 1913 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childEdgar Chattin AllenMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
October 24, 1913 (Age 48 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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/
Marriage

Odus Sterling Stephen KentMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
October 22, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childOdus Sterling Stephen KentMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
October 22, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

George Richard GoldingMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
December 5, 1923 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Richard GoldingMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
December 5, 1923 (Age 58 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Death of a husbandDaniel Harvey Blankenship
February 18, 1925 (Age 59 years)
Marriage

James Daniel BaysMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
December 25, 1926 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childJames Daniel BaysMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
December 25, 1926 (Age 61 years)
Associate: Martin Louis Bays
Associate: Mary Rosetta Epps
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 64 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
Marriage of a childWilliam G MarshallMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
December 9, 1929 (Age 64 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph KrulockMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
January 29, 1932 (Age 66 years)
Marriage of a childFrancis Joseph GravesMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
September 16, 1935 (Age 70 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph Beauford DaughertyMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
November 27, 1937 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 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 April 18, 1946 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Silvercreek Cemetery
Family with Daniel Harvey Blankenship - View this family
husband
Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Birth: December 18, 1857Buchanan, Virginia, United States
Death: February 18, 1925Packwood, Lewis, Washington, United States
herself
Sarah Ann Sansom
Birth: April 14, 1865Pike, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 1946Packwood, Lewis, Washington, United States
Marriage: 1881Boggs, Webster, West Virginia, United States
7 years
daughter

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Harvey Blankenship - Household

ED 135 Glade, Cowen, Webster, West Virginia, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Blankenship, DanielheadWMDec185742M19VAVAVAFarmer0YesYesYesOFF
Blankenship, Salie AwifeWFMay186535M19107KYKYWVYesYesYes
Blankenship, John AsonWMDec188118SWVVAKYDay Laborer0YesYesYes
Blankenship, MosussonWMDec188415SWVVAKYFarm Labor32YesYesYes
Blankenship, George LsonWMAug188613SWVVAKY43YesYesYes
Blankenship, Mary JdaughterWFMay188812SWVVAKY3YesYesYes
Blankenship, Eskrege HsonWMApr18955SWVVAKY
Blankenship, William HsonWMDec 18972SWVVAKY
Blankenship, OradaughterWFMay19000 years 0 monthsSWVVAKY