Nercilla Ellen Spears1856–
- Name
- Nercilla Ellen Spears
- Given names
- Nercilla Ellen
- Surname
- Spears
- Married name
- Nercilla Ellen Williams
 Birth | February 1856 |
 Marriage | Lewis Williams — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 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 5 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 10 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 10 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 12 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#1 | George Williams May 1878 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 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 daughter #2 | Ida Lee Williams April 11, 1881 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | John Williams February 1885 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | James Williams February 1885 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 |
 Census | June 6, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Shemwell — Ida Lee Williams — View this family Type: Civil marriage April 27, 1901 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell July 22, 1904 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Emma C Shemwell July 24, 1906 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Clinton DeWitt Godfrey — Ida Lee Williams — View this family estimated December 1909 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey October 28, 1911 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Trigg — Ida Lee Williams — View this family May 18, 1916 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 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 93 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 daughter | Ida Lee Williams June 19, 1963 (Age 107 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 89 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 | unknown |
| Family with Lewis Williams |
| husband |
Lewis Williams Birth: Tennessee, United States Death: |
| herself |
Nercilla Ellen Spears Birth: February 1856 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
George Williams Birth: May 1878 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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4 years son |
John Williams Birth: February 1885 29 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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1 month son |
James Williams Birth: February 1885 29 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Nercilla Ellen Spears - Household
Buffalo, Humphreys, Tennessee
Says she only has 2 children living but 4 kids listed? -b |