Lydia Sarah ReeseAge: 96 years1864–1960
- Name
- Lydia Sarah Reese
- Given names
- Lydia Sarah
- Surname
- Reese
- Married name
- Lydia Sarah Bryant
 Birth | April 23, 1864 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Jesse Bryant — View this family January 17, 1889 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Sallie Mae Bryant April 6, 1890 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Franklin Bryant August 13, 1892 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Thomas Jefferson Bryant August 20, 1894 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Zilpher M Bryant May 12, 1896 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Jessie James Bryant June 23, 1898 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 daughter #6 | Ellen Elizabeth Bryant September 7, 1900 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Edna Earl Bryant July 15, 1902 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Luther Luttrell — Zilpher M Bryant — View this family November 29, 1911 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a husband | Jesse Bryant January 1, 1917 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell — Ellen Elizabeth Bryant — View this family Type: Civil marriage August 10, 1928 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Thomas Douglas “Sunny boy” Shemwell June 11, 1929 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Dorris Earl Shemwell January 22, 1933 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Joyce Dale Shemwell September 15, 1937 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | James Edward Shemwell Sr. November 16, 1938 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Harvey Bertum Shemwell Sr. November 16, 1938 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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 son | Thomas Jefferson Bryant January 31, 1947 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 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 | June 20, 1960 (Age 96 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery |
| Family with Jesse Bryant |
| husband |
Jesse Bryant Birth: July 13, 1854 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1917 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Lydia Sarah Reese Birth: April 23, 1864 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: June 20, 1960 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 17, 1889 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months daughter |
Sallie Mae Bryant Birth: April 6, 1890 35 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 3, 1964 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
John Franklin Bryant Birth: August 13, 1892 38 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 26, 1968 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Thomas Jefferson Bryant Birth: August 20, 1894 40 30 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: January 31, 1947 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Zilpher M Bryant Birth: May 12, 1896 41 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: June 30, 1969 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Jessie James Bryant Birth: June 23, 1898 43 34 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1967 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Ellen Elizabeth Bryant Birth: September 7, 1900 46 36 — Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: June 3, 1987 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Edna Earl Bryant Birth: July 15, 1902 48 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 9, 1991 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |