The Shemwell Family

Robert Wilson Weaks Sr.Age: 57 years18831941

Name
Robert Wilson Weaks Sr.
Given names
Robert Wilson
Surname
Weaks
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth November 20, 1883
MarriageMary L “Mollie” HickmanView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Wilson Weaks Jr.
October 19, 1915 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 wifeMary L “Mollie” Hickman
March 13, 1923 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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
Marriage of a childRobert Wilson Weaks Jr.Imagene Bertha ChadwickView this family
calculated 1937 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Beverly Joyce Weaks
February 28, 1938 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Bobbie Gene Weaks
July 22, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Twin: Billie Joe Weaks
Birth of a grandson
#3
Billie Joe Weaks
July 22, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Twin: Bobbie Gene Weaks
Death of a grandsonBobbie Gene Weaks
July 29, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Death of a grandsonBillie Joe Weaks
August 6, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Death June 6, 1941 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cumberland City Cemetery
Family with Mary L “Mollie” Hickman - View this family
himself
Robert Wilson Weaks Sr.
Birth: November 20, 1883Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 6, 1941Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
wife
Mary L “Mollie” Hickman
Birth: September 19, 1889 28 21Hickman, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 13, 1923Cumberland City, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
son

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