The Shemwell Family

Samuel Andrew HooksAge: 52 years18781930

Name
Samuel Andrew Hooks
Given names
Samuel Andrew
Surname
Hooks
Birth January 1878 27 21
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

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 brotherJames Elmer Hooks
June 1881 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames R Hooks
November 26, 1884 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam M Hooks
December 5, 1884 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy E Hooks
March 1886 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret J Hooks
July 1890 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterMaude Amelda Hooks
August 1895 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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 22 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterMargaret J Hooks
1912 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherAlmeda E Miller
September 7, 1914 (Age 36 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a brotherWilliam M Hooks
December 17, 1914 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 fatherJames C Hooks
March 21, 1925 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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 1930 (Age 52 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 25, 1874Livingston, Kentucky, United States
3 years
himself
Samuel Andrew Hooks
Birth: January 1878 27 21Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1930Livingston, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
James Elmer Hooks
Birth: June 1881 31 25Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 22, 1954Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
William M Hooks
Birth: December 5, 1884 34 28Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 1914Livingston, Kentucky, United States
16 months
younger sister
Nancy E Hooks
Birth: March 1886 35 30Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
younger sister
Margaret J Hooks
Birth: July 1890 40 34Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1912Livingston, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger sister
Maude Amelda Hooks
Birth: August 1895 45 39Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 15, 1948Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States

Samuel Andrew Hooks has 4 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James C Hooks - Household

1900 Smithland Livingston Ky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
James C HooksheadWMMar185050M25TNTNKYFarmer
Almeda E HookswifeWFJan185644M2566KYPNKY
Samuel A HookssonWMJan187822SKYTNKYFarmer
Elmer J HookssonWMJun188119SKYTNKYFarm labored
William M HookssonWMDec188315SKYTNKY
Nancy E HookssonWMMar188614SKYTNKYAt school
Margaret J HooksdaughterWFJul18909S00KYTNKY
Maude A HooksdaughterWFAug18954S00KYTNKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James C Hooks - Household

Livingston Ky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
James C HooksheadMW60M35TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Almeda E HookswifeFW54M3566KYKYKY
Samuel Andrew HookssonMW32SKYTNKYJeweler
William M HookssonMW27SKYTNKYLaborerHome farm
Margaret J HooksdaughterFW19SKYTNKY
Maude A HooksdaughterFW14SKYTNKY