The Shemwell Family

John Thomas “Tom” WyattAge: 83 years18771960

Name
John Thomas “Tom” Wyatt
Given names
John Thomas
Surname
Wyatt
Nickname
Tom
Birth March 16, 1877 32 28
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 months)

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 21 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
MarriageOra B O'NealView this family
December 21, 1899 (Age 22 years)
Census June 4, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Hubert Wyatt
September 18, 1901 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Annie Wyatt
September 12, 1903 (Age 26 years)
Death of a daughterAnnie Wyatt
March 6, 1904 (Age 26 years)
Death of a wifeOra B O'Neal
May 7, 1904 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Needham Wyatt
November 11, 1916 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherElizabeth A Mathis
February 23, 1917 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 39 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 40 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/
Marriage of a childWilliam Hubert WyattMargaret Evans EarlyView this family
June 1927 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 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 68 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 May 4, 1960 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Jackson Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
William Needham Wyatt
Birth: March 24, 1844Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 11, 1916Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
mother
Elizabeth A Mathis
Birth: November 1848Kentucky, United States
Death: February 23, 1917Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
himself
John Thomas “Tom” Wyatt
Birth: March 16, 1877 32 28Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 4, 1960Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Family with Ora B O'Neal - View this family
himself
John Thomas “Tom” Wyatt
Birth: March 16, 1877 32 28Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 4, 1960Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Ora B O'Neal
Birth: October 1879 35 25Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 7, 1904Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 21, 1899Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
21 months
son
William Hubert Wyatt
Birth: September 18, 1901 24 21Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1982Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Annie Wyatt
Birth: September 12, 1903 26 23Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 6, 1904Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William N Wyatt - Household

Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Wyatt, William NheadWMMar184456MKYTNVAFarmer
Wyatt, Elizie AwifeWFNov184851MKYNCTN
Wyatt, John TsonWMMar187822MKYKYKYShear
Wyatt, Ora Bdaughter in lawWFOct187920MKYKYKY
Wyatt, Banjamin MsonWMNov188217SKYKYKYFarm Laborer