Sara Frances Aikens1849–
- Name
- Sara Frances Aikens
- Given names
- Sara Frances
- Surname
- Aikens
- Married name
- Sara Frances Ralls
 Birth | October 10, 1849 Address: Near Dover |
 Marriage | Dr. John Marastus Theodore Ralls — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 11 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Ida Elizabeth Ralls September 3, 1867 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 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 17 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 19 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 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 #2 | Linnie Bell Ralls November 14, 1879 (Age 30 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dudley Monroe Wallace — Linnie Bell Ralls — View this family July 18, 1895 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 | Dr. Joseph Wade “Joe” Shemwell — Linnie Bell Ralls — View this family May 30, 1905 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Marguerite Elaine Shemwell February 15, 1906 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Bernice Lorraine Shemwell 1909 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Joseph Carlton “Joe” Shemwell April 20, 1911 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | John Harris Wade Shemwell June 17, 1914 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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 daughter | Ida Elizabeth Ralls October 29, 1923 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 79 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 92 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 100 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 96 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 | unknown |
| Family with Dr. John Marastus Theodore Ralls |
| husband |
Dr. John Marastus Theodore Ralls Birth: December 16, 1847 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Sara Frances Aikens Birth: October 10, 1849 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Ida Elizabeth Ralls Birth: September 3, 1867 19 17 Death: October 29, 1923 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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James Ralls Death: |
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Minnie Ralls Death: |
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John Ralls Death: |
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Lurton Ralls Death: |
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Martha Ralls Death: |
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Linnie Bell Ralls Birth: November 14, 1879 31 30 — Bear Spring, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 19, 1968 — Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Marastus Theodore Ralls - Household
Dist. 7 Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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