The Shemwell Family

Walter William AdkinsAge: 67 years18741942

Name
Walter William Adkins
Given names
Walter William
Surname
Adkins
Birth May 26, 1874 35 39
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 sisterLillie Rebecca Adkins
calculated 1879 (Age 4 years)
Census June 14, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMillie Rector
March 4, 1885 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Chandler
March 1, 1890 (Age 15 years)
MarriageSusie L MehaffeyView this family
calculated 1894 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 23, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Needham
July 22, 1909 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Adkins
April 12, 1915 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 brotherZachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins
September 12, 1922 (Age 48 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
1925 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 sisterLillie Rebecca Adkins
after 1935 (Age 60 years)

Death of a brotherSamuel M Adkins
December 2, 1937 (Age 63 years)

Death of a brotherWarham Eastey Adkins
April 16, 1938 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 May 25, 1942 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lynnhurst Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 28, 1856Grainger, Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder brother
Samuel M Adkins
Birth: May 8, 1857 18 22Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 2, 1937
22 months
elder brother
Zachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins
Birth: February 28, 1859 19 24Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 12, 1922Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
7 years
elder sister
Cordelia “Delia” Adkins
Birth: calculated 1865 25 30Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 26, 1960Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
Warham Eastey Adkins
Birth: July 4, 1869 30 35Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 16, 1938Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
5 years
himself
Walter William Adkins
Birth: May 26, 1874 35 39Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 25, 1942Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
6 years
younger sister
Family with Susie L Mehaffey - View this family
himself
Walter William Adkins
Birth: May 26, 1874 35 39Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 25, 1942Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
wife
Susie L Mehaffey
Birth: June 2, 1875Tennessee, United States
Death: January 29, 1958Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: calculated 1894

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Adkins - Household

Dist. 14 Granger, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Adkins, HenryWM42headMFarmerDisease of liver?TNTNTN
Adkins, RebeccaWF44wifeMKeeping HouseTNTNTN
Adkins, CordeliaWF15daughterSAt HomeTNTNTN
Adkins, S MWM25sonSFarmerTNTNTN
Adkins, NancyWF13daughterSAt HomeTNTNTN
Adkins, W EWM10sonSAt HomeTNTNTN
Adkins, Wm WWM6sonSTNTNTN
Adkins, Llla AWF9mdaughterATNTNTN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Henry Adkins - Household

Knox, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Adkins, HenryheadWMMar183961M43TNTNTNFarmer & Carpenter
Adkins, RebeccawifeWFMay183763M43107TNTNTN
Adkins, WaltersonWMMay187426M6TNTNTNHorse & Cattle dealer
Adkins, Susiedaughter in lawWFJun187524M6TNVANC