Susan Armstrong–
- Name
- Susan Armstrong
- Given names
- Susan
- Surname
- Armstrong
- Married name
- Susan Simmons
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 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 |
 Marriage | William Henry Harrison Simmons — View this family May 17, 1867 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: 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 son#1 | Sephus Mansfield Simmons September 4, 1870 |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Samuel Simmons September 19, 1871 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Vodra Simmons 1896 |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898Note: 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 |
| Death of a husband | William Henry Harrison Simmons November 15, 1916 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: 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 1918Note: 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 1918Note: 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929Note: 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 son | Sephus Mansfield Simmons July 14, 1942 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945Note: 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975Note: 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 William Henry Harrison Simmons |
| husband |
William Henry Harrison Simmons Birth: June 8, 1841 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1916 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Susan Armstrong Death: |
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Marriage: May 17, 1867 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Sephus Mansfield Simmons Birth: September 4, 1870 29 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 14, 1942 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year son |
William Samuel Simmons Birth: September 19, 1871 30 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 3, 1949 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| William Henry Harrison Simmons + Ann C Shemwell |
| husband |
William Henry Harrison Simmons Birth: June 8, 1841 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1916 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Ann C Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1869 68 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1910 |
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Marriage: about 1902 — |
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1 year step-daughter |
Annie Simmons Birth: January 7, 1903 61 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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18 months step-son |
Roscoe Simmons Birth: July 17, 1904 63 35 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1977 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |