The Shemwell Family

Name
Carrie Eugenea Connor
Given names
Carrie Eugenea
Surname
Connor
Married name
Carrie Eugenea Gillmore
Birth January 25, 1870 21 20
Marriage of parentsJohn Calhoun ConnorSarah Jane “Sallie” ReidView this family
July 4, 1870 (Age 5 months)
Note: Document says 04 JUL 1860(John would have been 12/ Sallie 10) according to census records it should read 1870. -b
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn L Reid
1877 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 10 years)
MarriageOscar Grant GillmoreView this family
November 18, 1890 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Chesleigh Kidwell Gillmore
August 16, 1892 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Glenerver Reid Gillmore
August 15, 1895 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Thelma Grace Gillmore
February 12, 1898 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherLouisa Shemwell
July 15, 1899 (Age 29 years)
Census June 30, 1900 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Rev. Nello Dwight Gillmore
October 21, 1900 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Ector Lynn Gillmore
December 27, 1902 (Age 32 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Calhoun Connor
June 14, 1904 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Carmen Ira Gillmore
February 17, 1909 (Age 39 years)
Census April 23, 1910 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Margie Rosalie Gillmore
September 20, 1911 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childChesleigh Kidwell GillmoreMyrtle A SheltonView this family
January 21, 1912 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Edward James Gillmore
December 26, 1912 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Alice Maye Gillmore
October 17, 1914 (Age 44 years)
Death of a motherSarah Jane “Sallie” Reid
March 13, 1915 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childBenjamin Washington WilburnThelma Grace GillmoreView this family
calculated 1917 (Age 46 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Beulah Charline Wilburn
May 21, 1918 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 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 47 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 21, 1920 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Chesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn
May 11, 1921 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
Census April 7, 1930 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Oscar Gayle Wilburn
June 17, 1930 (Age 60 years)
Marriage of a childGlenerver Reid GillmoreGladys Evelyn AndersonView this family
January 20, 1932 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Lyndon Dwight Petty
July 23, 1932 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childRev. Nello Dwight GillmoreLois View this family
between 1930 and 1940 (Age 59 years)

Marriage of a childEctor Lynn GillmoreFlora Belle HarrellView this family
between 1931 and 1939 (Age 60 years)

Death of a husbandOscar Grant Gillmore
March 18, 1937 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Lynn Grant Gillmore
August 12, 1939 (Age 69 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 brotherJohn Ira Connor
March 13, 1950 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 75 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
Death July 19, 1958 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shiloh Cemetery
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