The Shemwell Family

Thomas Morton ClardyAge: 79 years18581937

Name
Thomas Morton Clardy
Given names
Thomas Morton
Surname
Clardy
Birth November 11, 1858 44 35
Occupation
Farmer/store owner

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 8, 1860 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Clardy
1864 (Age 5 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 8 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 8 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 10 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
Death of a sisterElizabeth Clardy
before 1870 (Age 11 years)

Census June 25, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterAlice Olivia Clardy
November 20, 1871 (Age 13 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph Daniel “Joe” Clardy
January 22, 1886 (Age 27 years)
MarriageNannie Electra KillebrewView this family
December 28, 1886 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bessie Geneva Clardy
December 21, 1887 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joseph Samuel “Joe” Clardy
October 21, 1890 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherEmily Ellen Shemwell
July 30, 1893 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Willie May Clardy
July 15, 1894 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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
#4
Esther Alice Clardy
March 26, 1900 (Age 41 years)
Census June 16, 1900 (Age 41 years)
Death of a wifeNannie Electra Killebrew
January 27, 1904 (Age 45 years)
MarriageWillie Gertrude CarterView this family
November 20, 1904 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Constance LaRue Clardy
January 10, 1906 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Maurice Darrell Clardy
February 13, 1909 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Louise Flutey
about 1910 (Age 51 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Cook Martin Clardy
March 28, 1912 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Virginia Grizzard
about 1912 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Dorothy Elizabeth Clardy
October 18, 1915 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam M “Will” FlutyBessie Geneva ClardyView this family
about 1915 (Age 56 years)

Marriage of a childWilliam Cleveland GrizzardWillie May ClardyView this family
May 29, 1916 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
James Julian Fluty
July 28, 1916 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#4
Van Buford Grizzard
February 21, 1918 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 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 59 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 February 12, 1920 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Frances Corneal Clardy
June 7, 1922 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph Notley DavidsonEsther Alice ClardyView this family
December 24, 1922 (Age 64 years)

Death of a sisterAthalia E Clardy
March 13, 1923 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Hazel Clardy
1925 (Age 66 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph Samuel “Joe” ClardyMayme Louise HicksView this family
November 2, 1925 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Jackson Meade Grizzard
January 21, 1926 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
William Morton Shrader
March 24, 1926 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Edna Jean Clardy
December 6, 1926 (Age 68 years)
Death of a granddaughterEdna Jean Clardy
January 11, 1927 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Ola Juanita Davidson
August 23, 1927 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Carl Michael “Mickey” Shrader
September 21, 1928 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Joseph Notley Davidson Jr
August 17, 1929 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 71 years)
Death of a daughterWillie May Clardy
February 10, 1932 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherJames Harrison “Henry” Clardy
February 29, 1932 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Patsy Ann Shrader
March 16, 1932 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Anne Davidson
January 7, 1934 (Age 75 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Norma Jean Davidson
April 30, 1935 (Age 76 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
Thomas Milton Davidson
July 19, 1937 (Age 78 years)
Death November 22, 1937 (Age 79 years)
Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Burial November 23, 1937 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Powell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 7, 1841Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
Alice Olivia Clardy
Birth: October 19, 1845 31 22Tennessee, United States
Death: November 20, 1871
18 months
elder sister
Athalia E Clardy
Birth: May 1, 1847 33 23Tennessee, United States
Death: March 13, 1923Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
3 years
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
Ellen C Clardy
Birth: February 22, 1852 38 28Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 2, 1855Christian, Kentucky, United States
7 years
himself
6 years
younger sister
Family with Nannie Electra Killebrew - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 28, 1886Stewart, Tennessee, United States
1 year
daughter
Bessie Geneva Clardy
Birth: December 21, 1887 29 26Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 25, 1975Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Joseph Samuel “Joe” Clardy
Birth: October 21, 1890 31 29Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 17, 1961Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
Willie May Clardy
Birth: July 15, 1894 35 33Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1932Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
6 years
daughter
Family with Willie Gertrude Carter - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 20, 1904Stewart, Tennessee, United States
14 months
daughter
3 years
son
Maurice Darrell Clardy
Birth: February 13, 1909 50 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 28, 1987Muldraugh, Meade, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
Cook Martin Clardy
Birth: March 28, 1912 53 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 16, 1999Muldraugh, Meade, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Dorothy Elizabeth Clardy
Birth: October 18, 1915 56 37Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 24, 2005Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
7 years
daughter
Frances Corneal Clardy
Birth: June 7, 1922 63 44Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 19, 2011Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Joseph B Clardy - Household

Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Joseph Clardyhead45MWFarmerVA
Emma Clardywife37FWTN
Alice Clardydaughter15FWTN
Athalia Clardydaughter13FWTN
James Clardyson10MWTN
Thomas Clardyson1MWTN

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Joseph B Clardy - Household

Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Clardy, Josephhead56MW??VA11
Clardy, Emilywife47FWKeeping HouseTN
Clardy, Alicedaughter22FWAt HomeTN
Clardy, Opheliadaughter21FWAt HomeTN
Clardy, Jamesson19MWFarm HandTN
Clardy, Thomasson9MWTN

Joseph could not vote? -b

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Joseph B Clardy - Household

Big Rock, Stewart, TN

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Clardy, JosephWM65headMFarmingVAVAVA
Clardy, EmilyWF56wifeMTNMDGA
Clardy, ThomasWM21sonSTNVATN
Knight CordeliaWF11SKYKYKY
Clardy, JohnWM60WdHouse CarpenterVAVAVA

Who are Cordelia Knight and John Clardy -b

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Morton Clardy - Household

District 3, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Clardy, Thomas MheadWMNov185841M13TNVATNFarmer
Clardy, Nannie wifeWFMay186139M1344TNTNKY
Clardy, GenevadaughterWFDec188712STNTNTN
Clardy, Joseph sonWMOct18909STNTNTN
Clardy, Willie MdaughterWFJul18936STNTNTN
Clardy, EtheldaughterWFMar19002 monthsSTNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Morton Clardy - Household

District 3, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Clardy, Tom MheadMW51M25TNVATNHome farm
Clardy, Willie GwifeFW32M1532KYKYTN
Clardy, Joe SsonMW20STNTNTNFarm laborer
Clardy, Esther AdaughterFW10STNTNTN
Clardy, Luru CsonMW4 years 2 monthsSTNTNKY
Clardy, Morris DsonMW1 year 2 monthsSTNTNKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Morton Clardy - Household

District 3, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Clardy, Thomas headMW61MTNVATNFarmer
Clardy, Willie GwifeFW41MKYKYKY
Clardy, LaruthdaughterFW13STNTNKY
Clardy, MorrissonMW10STNTNKY
Clardy, CooksonMW7STNTNKY
Clardy, DorthydaughterFW4 years 2 monthsSTNTNKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Morton Clardy - Household

District 5, Trigg, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Clardy, Tom MheadMW71M50TNVATNFarmer
Clardy, Willie GwifeFW52M26KYKYTN
Clardy, Morris sonMW21STNTNKYFarmer
Clardy, CooksonMW17STNTNKYLaborer
Clardy, DorothydaughterFW14STNTNKY