The Shemwell Family

Nellie E HendersonAge: 78 years18681947

Name
Nellie E Henderson
Given names
Nellie E
Surname
Henderson
Married name
Nellie E Latham
Birth October 12, 1868
MarriageWilliam Henry LathamView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 months)

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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

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 29 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 47 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 48 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 49 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 60 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 4, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Henry Latham
March 15, 1940 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 28, 1947 (Age 78 years)
Family with William Henry Latham - View this family
husband
William Henry Latham
Birth: February 12, 1849 34 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 15, 1940Logan, Kentucky, United States
herself
Nellie E Henderson
Birth: October 12, 1868Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 28, 1947Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
William Henry Latham + Sarah Elizabeth May - View this family
husband
William Henry Latham
Birth: February 12, 1849 34 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 15, 1940Logan, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage:

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Latham - Household

Benson Mill Road Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Latham, William HheadMW81M22KYKYKYManagerof farm
Latham, Nellie EwifeFW61M34KYKYKY
Shemwell, Elizabethyounger sisterFW76Wd35KYKYKYHelperin home
Henderson, LelanieceFW21SKYKYKYHelperin home