The Shemwell Family

Baxter Car LeonardAge: 29 years18891918

Name
Baxter Car Leonard
Given names
Baxter Car
Surname
Leonard
Birth December 1, 1889 45 34
Death of a brotherEdgar C Leonard
December 29, 1889 (Age 28 days)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander “Alex” Shemwell Jr.
June 5, 1890 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a sisterKatie Leonard
April 1892 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Latta Leonard
May 15, 1895 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 14, 1900 (Age 10 years)
Death of a motherSarah Lilly Shemwell
January 30, 1903 (Age 13 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph Bentley Leonard
October 4, 1904 (Age 14 years)

Census April 30, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
June 5, 1917 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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 December 25, 1918 (Age 29 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chestnut Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: September 14, 1873Rowan, North Carolina, United States
21 months
elder brother
18 months
elder brother
Edgar C Leonard
Birth: December 23, 1876 33 21Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 29, 1889Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Curtis C Leonard
Birth: April 2, 1879 35 24Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 16, 1880Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
14 months
elder sister
Ella Leonard
Birth: January 1883 39 28Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death:
4 months
elder brother
Willie S Leonard
Birth: May 4, 1883 39 28Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 15, 1889Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder brother
Vadra Thomas Leonard
Birth: January 19, 1887 43 32Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 12, 1951Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
3 years
himself
Baxter Car Leonard
Birth: December 1, 1889 45 34Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 25, 1918Florence, South Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Katie Leonard
Birth: April 1892 48 37North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Joseph Latta Leonard
Birth: May 15, 1895 51 40Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 21, 1981Dade, Florida, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Bentley Leonard - Household

Providence, Rowan, North Carolina, USA

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Leonard, Joseph BheadWMDec184356M26NCNCNCFarmer
Leonard, Sarah LwifeWFDec185346M26107NCNCNC
Leonard, HuesonWMNov187920SNCNCNC
Leonard, ElladaughterWFJan188317SNCNCNC
Leonard, VadrasonWMJan188713SNCNCNC
Leonard, BaxtersonWMDec188910SNCNCNC
Leonard, KadadaughterWFApr18928SNCNCNC
Leonard, LattasonWMMay18955SNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Vadra Thomas Leonard - Household

4th St. Spencer, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Leonard, VadraheadMW22SNCNCNCTank InspectorRailroad
Leonard, Baxteryounger brotherMW20SNCNCNCSalesmanRetail Hardware
Leonard, Katieyounger sisterFW17SNCNCNC
Leonard, Lattayounger brotherMW14SNCNCNC
Eller, P dboarderMW25SNCNCNCHelperBoiler Shop