Annie B WadlingtonAge: 91 years1855–1946
- Name
- Annie B Wadlington
- Given names
- Annie B
- Surname
- Wadlington
- Married name
- Annie B Shemwell
 Birth | January 27, 1855 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 23 months)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 6 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | John A Shemwell — View this family March 7, 1894 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 husband | John A Shemwell before 1910 (Age 54 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 10, 1920 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 74 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 4, 1930 (Age 75 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 86 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 90 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 | October 23, 1946 (Age 91 years) Note: Informant - Mrs. W M Higdon - Niece |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hanson Cemetery Note: Ora B Higdon is her niece. |
| Family with parents |
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Thomas B Wadlington Death: |
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Mary Fuqua Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Annie B Wadlington Birth: January 27, 1855 — Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1946 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with John A Shemwell |
| husband |
John A Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1855 55 24 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Annie B Wadlington Birth: January 27, 1855 — Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1946 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 7, 1894 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Annie Wadlington - Household
Hopkins, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Annie Wadlington - Household
Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Annie Wadlington - Household
Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Annie B Wadlington - Household
Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky
Niece Ora Higdon living next door | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death | Informant - Mrs. W M Higdon - Niece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Ora B Higdon is her niece. |