William Howell Sikes Jr.Age: 78 years1851–1929
- Name
- William Howell Sikes Jr.
- Given names
- William Howell
- Surname
- Sikes
- Name suffix
- Jr.
 Birth | January 5, 1851 33 26 |
 Death of a mother | Sarah Rebecca Geurin June 1, 1855 (Age 4 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William Howell Sikes — Sarah Ann “Sallie” Bowers — View this family June 29, 1855 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Celia Catherine Sikes August 4, 1857 (Age 6 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 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 |
 Marriage | Nancy Ann Lancaster — View this family May 7, 1868 (Age 17 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary “Annie” Sikes February 22, 1870 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a father | William Howell Sikes about 1870 (Age 18 years) |
 Census | August 2, 1870 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Lawrence Sikes 1873 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Torence Sikes 1873 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Ida Florence Sikes November 17, 1874 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Ollie B Sikes February 17, 1876 (Age 25 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sikes 1879 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a son | Torence Sikes after 1880 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | George Alex Sikes May 20, 1881 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Nelson Franklin Sikes March 17, 1883 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Lydia Sallie Sikes April 4, 1888 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William M “Willie” Joyce — Mary “Annie” Sikes — View this family February 10, 1889 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | William Henry Sikes June 29, 1890 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Joshua Gilbert Jones — Ida Florence Sikes — View this family Type: Civil marriage December 28, 1898 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ann May Jones October 1899 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | William Henry Jones May 5, 1901 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Alex Sikes — Katie Daugherty — View this family October 29, 1902 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ollie B Sikes — Iva Beula “Ivie” Shemwell — View this family April 17, 1904 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Nelson Franklin Sikes — Maggie Fitzhugh — View this family June 19, 1904 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Tyner Edward Dougherty — Lydia Sallie Sikes — View this family December 18, 1907 (Age 56 years) |
| Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Henry Sikes — Lena Dell Dilday — View this family Type: Civil marriage December 25, 1910 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a wife | Nancy Ann Lancaster June 7, 1911 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage | Laura Bell Broadway — View this family March 1912 (Age 61 years) |
| 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/ |
| Census | January 7, 1920 (Age 69 years) |
 Death | April 22, 1929 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ralls Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Howell Sikes Birth: about 1818 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1870 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Rebecca Geurin Birth: October 20, 1824 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 1, 1855 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 11, 1840 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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10 years himself |
William Howell Sikes Jr. Birth: January 5, 1851 33 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1929 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Sarah Ann “Sallie” Bowers |
| father |
William Howell Sikes Birth: about 1818 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1870 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Sarah Ann “Sallie” Bowers Birth: about 1836 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: June 29, 1855 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Celia Catherine Sikes Birth: August 4, 1857 39 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 3, 1935 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Nancy Ann Lancaster |
| himself |
William Howell Sikes Jr. Birth: January 5, 1851 33 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1929 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Ann Lancaster Birth: September 15, 1850 21 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 7, 1911 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 7, 1868 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Mary “Annie” Sikes Birth: February 22, 1870 19 19 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1941 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years son |
Lawrence Sikes Birth: 1873 21 22 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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1 year son |
Torence Sikes Birth: 1873 21 22 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: after 1880 |
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23 months daughter |
Ida Florence Sikes Birth: November 17, 1874 23 24 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 24, 1934 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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15 months son |
Ollie B Sikes Birth: February 17, 1876 25 25 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 15, 1951 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sikes Birth: 1879 27 28 Death: |
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2 years son |
George Alex Sikes Birth: May 20, 1881 30 30 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 5, 1943 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months son |
Nelson Franklin Sikes Birth: March 17, 1883 32 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 27, 1952 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Lydia Sallie Sikes Birth: April 4, 1888 37 37 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 28, 1971 — Barberton, Summit, Ohio, United States |
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2 years son |
William Henry Sikes Birth: June 29, 1890 39 39 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1957 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Laura Bell Broadway |
| himself |
William Howell Sikes Jr. Birth: January 5, 1851 33 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1929 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Laura Bell Broadway Birth: September 15, 1875 Death: December 28, 1943 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: March 1912 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
William Howell Sikes Jr. has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Howell Sikes Jr. - Household
Dover, Stewart, TN
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Howell Sikes Jr. - Household
Hickman Church Rd Stewart TN
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Howell Sikes Jr. - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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