Sarah A “Sallie” WestonAge: 62 years1856–1918
- Name
- Sarah A “Sallie” Weston
- Given names
- Sarah A
- Surname
- Weston
- Nickname
- Sallie
- Married name
- Sarah A Howell
 Birth | February 1856 |
 Marriage | Thomas “Tom” Howell — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 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 10 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 12 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 21 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 son#1 | Monte Russell Howell August 21, 1896 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 | April 15, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas “Tom” Howell September 8, 1915 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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/ |
 Death | March 4, 1918 (Age 62 years) |
| Family with Thomas “Tom” Howell |
| husband |
Thomas “Tom” Howell Birth: August 1847 33 27 — Maryland, United States Death: September 8, 1915 — Cumberland City, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Sarah A “Sallie” Weston Birth: February 1856 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 4, 1918 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Monte Russell Howell Birth: August 21, 1896 49 40 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 1973 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Howell - Household
Stewart, Tn
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