The Shemwell Family

Willie Alice CraigAge: 67 years18701937

Name
Willie Alice Craig
Given names
Willie Alice
Surname
Craig
Married name
Willie Alice Bagby
Married name
Willie Alice Harrison
Birth June 17, 1870
MarriageThomas Gideon BagbyView this family
unknown

MarriageJohn Jack HarrisonView this family
unknown

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
Death of a husbandJohn Jack Harrison
March 10, 1897 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 45 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 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/
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 14, 1930 (Age 59 years)
Note: Next door to Charlie Shemwell
Death October 12, 1937 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Harrison Cemetery
Family with Thomas Gideon Bagby - View this family
husband
Thomas Gideon Bagby
Birth: November 10, 1878 24 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 18, 1953Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage:
Family with John Jack Harrison - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
Thomas Gideon Bagby + Amy John Hall - View this family
husband
Thomas Gideon Bagby
Birth: November 10, 1878 24 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 18, 1953Todd, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: between 1937 and 1940

No family available

Census
Next door to Charlie Shemwell
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Gideon Bagby - Household

Allegre, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Bagby, GidheadMW51M21KYKYKYFarmerGen farm
Bagby, Willie AwifeFW59M14KYKYKY