The Shemwell Family

Lemuel Aldrich NicholsAge: 80 years18441925

Name
Lemuel Aldrich Nichols
Given names
Lemuel Aldrich
Surname
Nichols
Birth June 8, 1844
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 18 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

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 16 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 22 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 22 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 24 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
MarriageMaluva Paralee “Lulu” HollandView this family
calculated 1875 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Callie B Nichols
July 2, 1875 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 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 son
#2
Lemuel Aldridge Nichols
October 11, 1881 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Jasper W Nichols
calculated 1891 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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
Marriage of a childAlfred Judson “Fred” CombsCallie B NicholsView this family
December 31, 1907 (Age 63 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Edmond Nichols Combs
September 7, 1909 (Age 65 years)
Census May 5, 1910 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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/
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 75 years)
Death March 7, 1925 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: South Macon Township Cemetery
Family with Maluva Paralee “Lulu” Holland - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: calculated 1875
6 months
daughter
Callie B Nichols
Birth: July 2, 1875 31 21Shobonier, Fayette, Illinois, United States
Death: March 28, 1954Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
6 years
son
10 years
son

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel Aldrich Nickols - Household

F? Street South Macon, Macon, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Nichols, Lemuel AheadMW67M235ILVAKYTeamsterOdd Jobs
Nichols, Maluva PwifeFW56M13584KYKYKY
Nichols, LemuelsonMW28SILILKYCommercial TradesmanBuilding Supplies
Nichols, Jasper WsonMW19SILILIL

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel Aldrich Nickols - Household

559 West Colorado Street Decatur, Macon, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Nichols, Lemuel AheadMW76MILVAKY
Nichols, Lulu PwifeFW65MKYKYKY
Combs, Callie BdaughterFW44WILILKY
Combs, Edmond NgrandsonMW10STXILIL