Sarah Styers1861–
- Name
- Sarah Styers
- Given names
- Sarah
- Surname
- Styers
 Birth | about 1861 20 29 |
 Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Styers about 1863 (Age 2 years) |
 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 brother | Samuel Styers about 1865 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Cornelius Styers about 1867 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 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 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Styers about 1868 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 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 |
| Birth of a brother | John Mulberry Styers April 22, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
 Census | August 4, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John B Loftin October 1, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Cicero Styers about 1873 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Eliza H Loftin September 1879 (Age 18 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Marriage of a parent | Milberry Styers — Jane Garner — View this family May 9, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah “Sallie” Shemwell April 17, 1882 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 brother | John Mulberry Styers June 4, 1915 (Age 54 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 68 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 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 89 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 85 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Milberry Styers Birth: January 1841 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: |
| mother |
Eliza H Loftin Birth: about 1832 33 33 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 1879 — Emmons, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: August 30, 1859 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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4 months elder sister |
Nancy Styers Birth: about 1859 18 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Sarah Styers Birth: about 1861 20 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Styers Birth: about 1863 22 31 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Samuel Styers Birth: about 1865 24 33 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Cornelius Styers Birth: about 1867 26 35 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Styers Birth: about 1868 27 36 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
John Mulberry Styers Birth: April 22, 1870 29 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: June 4, 1915 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Cicero Styers Birth: about 1873 32 41 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Jane Garner |
| father |
Milberry Styers Birth: January 1841 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: |
| step-mother |
Jane Garner Birth: about 1848 Death: |
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Marriage: May 9, 1880 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
Sarah Styers has 35 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (35)
Parents William Hiram Ward + Rebecca Loftin
Parents Wilborn Loftin + Mary Lanier
Parents Cornelius Loftin + Honor Demanda Garner
Parents William Moses “Willy” Loftin + Elizabeth Angelina Ward
Parents Robert Lee Tysinger + Margaret Loftin
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Milberry Styers - Household
Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina
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