Dossie Catherine KerleyAge: 95 years1885–1981
- Name
- Dossie Catherine Kerley
- Given names
- Dossie Catherine
- Surname
- Kerley
- Married name
- Dossie Catherine Reed
 Birth | September 7, 1885 32 27 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Jefferson Kerley December 22, 1886 (Age 15 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Gracie Kerley October 26, 1889 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a sister | Gracie Kerley November 28, 1889 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Kerley September 26, 1891 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John W Kerley October 22, 1892 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel Oxsheer Kerley July 7, 1897 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a sister | Addie Kerley August 24, 1898 (Age 12 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Temple Kerley March 1, 1899 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles “Charlie” Kerley October 4, 1908 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Ann Sherrill April 11, 1912 (Age 26 years) |
 Marriage | John Logan Reed — View this family February 8, 1914 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a brother | Eli Gather Kerley April 4, 1916 (Age 30 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/ |
| Death of a father | Greenberry E Kerley July 28, 1928 (Age 42 years) |
| 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 brother | Raymond Kerley August 9, 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 |
| Death of a husband | John Logan Reed December 23, 1945 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Jefferson Kerley 1962 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Kerley March 6, 1972 (Age 86 years) |
| Death of a brother | John W Kerley April 22, 1975 (Age 89 years) |
| 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 of a sister | Martha Temple Kerley May 31, 1976 (Age 90 years) |
 Death | February 23, 1981 (Age 95 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Greenberry E Kerley Birth: May 14, 1853 25 29 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1928 — Suwannee, Florida, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Ann Sherrill Birth: December 10, 1857 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 11, 1912 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1876 — |
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16 months elder brother |
Eli Gather Kerley Birth: May 1, 1877 23 19 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 4, 1916 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Raymond Kerley Birth: April 11, 1879 25 21 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 9, 1941 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Addie Kerley Birth: April 8, 1881 27 23 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 24, 1898 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Charles “Charlie” Kerley Birth: May 22, 1883 30 25 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 4, 1908 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years herself |
Dossie Catherine Kerley Birth: September 7, 1885 32 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 23, 1981 — Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States |
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15 months younger brother |
Thomas Jefferson Kerley Birth: December 22, 1886 33 29 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: 1962 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Gracie Kerley Birth: October 26, 1889 36 31 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 28, 1889 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
James Kerley Birth: September 26, 1891 38 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 6, 1972 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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13 months younger brother |
John W Kerley Birth: October 22, 1892 39 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1975 — Harriman, Roane, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Martha Temple Kerley Birth: March 1, 1899 45 41 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 31, 1976 — Kentucky, United States |
| Family with John Logan Reed |
| husband |
John Logan Reed Birth: July 23, 1883 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 23, 1945 — Suwannee, Florida, United States |
| herself |
Dossie Catherine Kerley Birth: September 7, 1885 32 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 23, 1981 — Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States |
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Marriage: February 8, 1914 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |