Sarah Elizabeth KerleyAge: 72 years1851–1923
- Name
- Sarah Elizabeth Kerley
- Given names
- Sarah Elizabeth
- Surname
- Kerley
- Married name
- Sarah Elizabeth Truman
 Birth | June 24, 1851 23 27 |
 Marriage | Samuel Truman — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a brother | Greenberry E Kerley May 14, 1853 (Age 22 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Emelia Catherine “Millie” Kerley October 7, 1855 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Washington Kerley November 6, 1858 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a mother | Catherine Ann “Kitty” Selby about 1863 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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 15 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 15 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 17 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 26 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 maternal grandfather | Lloyd Selby October 9, 1880 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca Parham March 31, 1884 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Oxsheer Kerley July 7, 1897 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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 brother | Joshua Kerley June 28, 1921 (Age 70 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Joshua Kerley June 30, 1921 (Age 70 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morris Hill Cemetery |
 Death | November 23, 1923 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thurman Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Oxsheer Kerley Birth: April 6, 1828 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 7, 1897 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Catherine Ann “Kitty” Selby Birth: about 1824 25 30 — Alabama, United States Death: about 1863 — Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1846 — |
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23 months elder brother |
Joshua Kerley Birth: November 24, 1847 19 23 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 28, 1921 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Daniel Kerley Birth: about 1849 20 25 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Sarah Elizabeth Kerley Birth: June 24, 1851 23 27 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 23, 1923 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Greenberry E Kerley Birth: May 14, 1853 25 29 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1928 — Suwannee, Florida, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Emelia Catherine “Millie” Kerley Birth: October 7, 1855 27 31 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1936 — Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Washington Kerley Birth: November 6, 1858 30 34 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 2, 1935 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
| Family with Samuel Truman |
| husband |
Samuel Truman Death: |
| herself |
Sarah Elizabeth Kerley Birth: June 24, 1851 23 27 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 23, 1923 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |