The Shemwell Family

John C Williams1857

Name
John C Williams
Given names
John C
Surname
Williams
Birth calculated 1857 36 30
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 19, 1860 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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
Birth of a brotherC M Williams
calculated 1866 (Age 9 years)
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
Birth of a sisterCarrie J Williams
September 1868 (Age 11 years)
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
Death of a fatherMoses C Williams
January 19, 1870 (Age 13 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 13 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
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 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 72 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 brotherMarcellus Clay Williams
January 24, 1931 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 84 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
Death of a sisterCarrie J Williams
1945 (Age 88 years)
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
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
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father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1842
2 years
elder brother
William C Williams
Birth: calculated 1843 22 16Mississippi, United States
Death:
5 years
elder brother
Richard H Williams
Birth: calculated 1847 26 20Mississippi, United States
Death:
2 years
elder brother
James H Williams
Birth: calculated 1848 27 21Mississippi, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
West H Williams
Birth: calculated 1850 29 23Mississippi, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Francis M Williams
Birth: calculated 1855 34 28Mississippi, United States
Death:
3 years
himself
John C Williams
Birth: calculated 1857 36 30Mississippi, United States
Death:
10 years
younger brother
C M Williams
Birth: calculated 1866 45 39Mississippi, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Carrie J Williams
Birth: September 1868 48 41Mississippi, United States
Death: 1945Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States

John C Williams has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Moses C Williams - Household

Tallahatchie, MS

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Moses C Williamshead40MWGinwright?AL
Louisa J Williamswife33FWAL
William C Williamsson17MWLaborerMS
Richard H Williamsson13MWMS
James H Williamsson12MWMS
West H Williamsson10MWMS
Marcellus C Williamsson7MWMS
Francis M Williamsdaughter5FWMS
John C Williamsson3MWMS

Hudson Williams next door -b

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - L J Williams - Household

Panola, Mississippi

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
L J Williamshead43MWFarmerMS
R B Williamsson24MWKeeping HouseMS
J H Williamsson21MWMS
W H Williamsson19MWMS
M C Williamsson17MWMS
F M Williamsson15MWMS
J C Williamsson12MWMS
C M Williamsson4MWMS
C J Williamsdaughter2FWMS
Hanks WFarmer39MWFarmerAL

The census has LJ as Male - ages match