Oscar Wallace SexsonAge: 61 years1885–1947
- Name
- Oscar Wallace Sexson
- Given names
- Oscar Wallace
- Surname
- Sexson
 Birth | August 29, 1885 36 28 |
 Birth of a sister | Bessie Ellen Sexson July 13, 1887 (Age 22 months) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Lemuel Boone Sexson December 25, 1893 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 11, 1900 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Rosalta Crabtree — View this family June 3, 1905 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” Acuff March 8, 1906 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lurania Ann Lake August 8, 1906 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a father | Winfield Scott Sexson October 22, 1914 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 44 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 sister | Bessie Ellen Sexson March 7, 1941 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 60 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 | August 7, 1947 (Age 61 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Winfield Scott Sexson Birth: February 20, 1849 27 23 — Monroe, Indiana, United States Death: October 22, 1914 — Coles, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Lurania Ann Lake Birth: January 17, 1857 — Illinois, United States Death: August 8, 1906 — Matton, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: about 1878 — Illinois, United States |
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8 years himself |
Oscar Wallace Sexson Birth: August 29, 1885 36 28 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States Death: August 7, 1947 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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22 months younger sister |
Bessie Ellen Sexson Birth: July 13, 1887 38 30 — Casey, Clark, Illinois, United States Death: March 7, 1941 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Rosalta Crabtree |
| himself |
Oscar Wallace Sexson Birth: August 29, 1885 36 28 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States Death: August 7, 1947 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Rosalta Crabtree Birth: July 22, 1889 — Paradise, Coles, Illinois, United States Death: December 3, 1957 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: June 3, 1905 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
Oscar Wallace Sexson has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Winfield Scott Sexson - Household
Woodbury, Cumberland, Illinois
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