 Birth | August 11, 1878 38 38 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a brother | Tillman Geordanis Sandy July 23, 1880 (Age 23 months) |
| Death of a sister | Cora Elizabeth Sandy November 18, 1881 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Lena Catherine Sandy April 22, 1885 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jacob Edward Sandy about 1888 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jacob Edward Sandy about 1888 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William E Sandy April 13, 1898 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 mother | Mary C Spader December 2, 1900 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 of a father | Tillman Rawley Sandy October 12, 1924 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 51 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 | April 26, 1936 (Age 57 years) Cause of death: Influenza |
 Burial | April 28, 1936 (2 days after death) |