The Shemwell Family

James Henry WalkerAge: 51 years18701922

Name
James Henry Walker
Given names
James Henry
Surname
Walker
Birth December 3, 1870
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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
MarriageFlorence Lillie StagnerView this family
October 22, 1903 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lillie Mae Walker
about 1905 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Isaac Graham Walker
November 11, 1915 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 daughter
#3
Clara Geneva Walker
May 15, 1917 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 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 47 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/
Birth of a son
#4
Marvin E Walker
February 28, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Death July 26, 1922 (Age 51 years)
Family with Florence Lillie Stagner - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 22, 1903Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
11 years
son
Isaac Graham Walker
Birth: November 11, 1915 44 32Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 16, 1999Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
18 months
daughter
Clara Geneva Walker
Birth: May 15, 1917 46 34Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 6, 2006Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
4 years
son
Marvin E Walker
Birth: February 28, 1921 50 38Tennessee, United States
Death: February 17, 2009
Desmond Franklin Hargis + Florence Lillie Stagner - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: July 6, 1929Stewart, Tennessee, United States