Martha Bell “Mattie” TomerlinAge: 80 years1880–1960
- Name
- Martha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin
- Given names
- Martha Bell
- Surname
- Tomerlin
- Married name
- Martha Bell Graham
- Nickname
- Mattie
 Birth | January 4, 1880 38 28 |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 4 months) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock May 20, 1894 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Thomas Henry Graham — View this family about 1896 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ruth Mable Graham April 18, 1897 (Age 17 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 father | James Andrew Tomerlin July 15, 1920 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Samuel Black Shemwell December 22, 1921 (Age 41 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Death of a mother | Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell February 23, 1926 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 49 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 of a daughter | Ruth Mable Graham July 15, 1940 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Herbert Tomerlin January 24, 1942 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 69 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 |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Henry Graham July 17, 1954 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 | May 19, 1960 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pond Run Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Andrew Tomerlin Birth: June 1, 1841 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 15, 1920 — Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell Birth: December 1851 19 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 23, 1926 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 23, 1876 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months elder brother |
William Herbert Tomerlin Birth: June 26, 1877 36 25 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1942 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years herself |
Martha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin Birth: January 4, 1880 38 28 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 19, 1960 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Thomas Henry Graham |
| husband |
Thomas Henry Graham Birth: November 8, 1872 — Mississippi, United States Death: July 17, 1954 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin Birth: January 4, 1880 38 28 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 19, 1960 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1896 — |
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16 months daughter |
Ruth Mable Graham Birth: April 18, 1897 24 17 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: July 15, 1940 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
Martha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents Sylvester Millard Brown + Drusilla F Shemwell
Parents John L Shemwell + Analiza Alice “Annie” Jones
Parents James Washington Shemwell + Laura Lee Brinkley
Parents Samuel M Shemwell + Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” Jarvis
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James A Tomerlin - Household
Paradise, Muhlenberg, Ky
Notes: Next door to Shemwell's |