The Shemwell Family

Rebecca Caroline “Callie” HinchAge: 89 years18431933

Name
Rebecca Caroline “Callie” Hinch
Given names
Rebecca Caroline
Surname
Hinch
Married name
Rebecca Caroline Skillern
Nickname
Callie
Birth August 19, 1843 39 42
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Molly” Shemwell
1843
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn “Jack” Parham Jr.
October 18, 1846 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)
Note: 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
Census October 5, 1850 (Age 7 years)
Death of a motherAnn “Anna” Parham
March 1, 1859 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 22, 1860 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Samuel Hinch
July 25, 1862 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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
MarriageJames Audley “Ed” SkillernView this family
May 2, 1867 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 23 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 23 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#1
James Ross Skillern
May 24, 1868 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 25 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 son
#2
John Curtis Skillern
February 28, 1870 (Age 26 years)
Census July 12, 1870 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Nealious Brown Skillern
April 13, 1872 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Lether Franklin Skillern
April 5, 1874 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 34 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 son
#5
Mathew Marvin Skillern
July 18, 1879 (Age 35 years)
Death of a brotherJames Nathaniel Hinch
1879 (Age 35 years)
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Annie Jane Skillern
January 14, 1882 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childNealious Brown SkillernMary Elizabeth HinchView this family
June 30, 1888 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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
Death of a sonJames Ross Skillern
October 23, 1898 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Harmon Hinch
March 7, 1899 (Age 55 years)
Census June 21, 1900 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Charles Wheeler Skillern
December 27, 1901 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
William Ralph Skillern
July 20, 1904 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Helen Frances Skillern
about 1906 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Boggus McReynoldsAnnie Jane SkillernView this family
March 24, 1907 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Jane Hinch
June 29, 1908 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Hinch
March 23, 1909 (Age 65 years)
Death of a husbandJames Audley “Ed” Skillern
February 10, 1910 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterMary Ann “Pollie” Hinch
May 1, 1911 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Caroline Skillern
about 1912 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Curtis Hinch
August 15, 1916 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 72 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 sonJohn Curtis Skillern
January 2, 1918 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew Jackson Hinch
April 16, 1918 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 73 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 74 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 sonNealious Brown Skillern
August 10, 1921 (Age 77 years)
Death of a grandsonWilliam Ralph Skillern
October 12, 1923 (Age 80 years)
Death of a grandsonCharles Wheeler Skillern
April 17, 1929 (Age 85 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 86 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
Death March 13, 1933 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1824
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
-2 months
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
Andrew Jackson Hinch
Birth: December 9, 1831 27 30Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 16, 1918Catoosa, Morgan, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
Thomas Harmon Hinch
Birth: October 9, 1839 35 38Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 7, 1899Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
herself
Family with James Audley “Ed” Skillern - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 2, 1867Tennessee, United States
13 months
son
James Ross Skillern
Birth: May 24, 1868 28 24Tennessee, United States
Death: October 23, 1898Tennessee, United States
21 months
son
John Curtis Skillern
Birth: February 28, 1870 30 26Tennessee, United States
Death: January 2, 1918Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
2 years
son
Lether Franklin Skillern
Birth: April 5, 1874 34 30Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 11, 1963Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
5 years
son
Mathew Marvin Skillern
Birth: July 18, 1879 39 35Tennessee, United States
Death: December 26, 1942Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Annie Jane Skillern
Birth: January 14, 1882 41 38Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1964Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - John Hinch - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John Hinchhead46MWFarmerKY
Ann Hinchwife46FWGA
Nathan Hinchson20MWLaborerTN
Jackson Hinchson17MWTN
Curtis Hinchson14MWTN
Nancy J Hinchdaughter13FWTN
Harmon Hinchson10MWTN
Caroline Hinchdaughter6FWTN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John Samuel Hinch - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John Hinchhead54MWFarmerKY
Thomas H Hinchson20MWFarmerTN
Rebecca C Hinchdaughter16FWHouse KeeperTN
John C Hinchson25MWFarmerTNY
Martha C Hinchdaughter in law15FWTNY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James Audley “Ed” Skillern - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Skillern, J Ahead28MWFarmerTN
Skillern, R Cwife26FWKeeping HouseTN
Skillern, James Rson3MWTN
Skillern, John Kson3mMWTNFeb

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Audley “Ed” Skillern - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Skillern, James AWM41headMFarmerTNVATN
Skillern, CarolineWF36wifeMKeeping HouseTNGAGA
Skillern, James RossWM12sonSWorks on FarmTNTNTN
Skillern, John CWM10sonSTNTNTN
Skillern, Neal SWM8sonSTNTNTN
Skillern, Lether FWM6daughterSTNTNTN
Skillern, MarthaWF11mJuldaughterSTNTNTN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Audley “Ed” Skillern - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Skillern, James AheadWMJan184060M33TNVATBFarmer
Skillern, CarolinewifeWFAug184257M3365TNKYGA
Skillern, John CsonWMFeb187030STNTNTNCarpenter
Skillern, Mathew MsonWMJul187920STNTNTNFarm Laborer
Skillern, Annie JdaughterWFJan188218STNTNTN