The Shemwell Family

Alta Mae GilliamAge: 94 years19142008

Name
Alta Mae Gilliam
Given names
Alta Mae
Surname
Gilliam
Married name
Alta Mae Hardison
Birth October 6, 1914 40 33
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherWilliam Dallas Gilliam
September 7, 1917 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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/
Birth of a brotherJames Franklin Gilliam
June 22, 1919 (Age 4 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 22, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Lafayette Gilliam Sr.
January 28, 1933 (Age 18 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 fatherDallas Vanmeter Gilliam
December 11, 1948 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherEvalena Lena Higgins
September 17, 1949 (Age 34 years)
Cause: Colon Cancer
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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
Death of a brotherMelvin Ralston Gilliam
December 1, 1964 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherBertice Austin Gilliam
December 30, 1964 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterZula Gilliam
December 16, 1967 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 of a brotherJames Franklin Gilliam
June 30, 1992 (Age 77 years)
Death of a husbandDallas Bowden Hardison Jr.
July 3, 1998 (Age 83 years)
Death of a sisterBeulah Larell Gilliam
May 9, 2008 (Age 93 years)
Death December 6, 2008 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunnyside Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1897
4 years
elder sister
Zula Gilliam
Birth: February 22, 1901 26 19Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 16, 1967Warren, Kentucky, United States
23 months
elder brother
Bertice Austin Gilliam
Birth: January 10, 1903 28 21Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 30, 1964Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
4 years
elder brother
Melvin Ralston Gilliam
Birth: September 30, 1906 32 25Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 1, 1964Logan, Kentucky, United States
20 months
elder brother
Walker Gilliam
Birth: May 22, 1908 33 26Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 25, 1908Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
Earl Gilliam
Birth: February 2, 1911 36 29Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 4, 1911Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
Beulah Larell Gilliam
Birth: February 22, 1913 38 31Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 9, 2008Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
19 months
herself
Alta Mae Gilliam
Birth: October 6, 1914 40 33Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 6, 2008Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Dallas Gilliam
Birth: September 7, 1917 43 36Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 13, 2012Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
21 months
younger brother
James Franklin Gilliam
Birth: June 22, 1919 44 37Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 30, 1992Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
Family with Dallas Bowden Hardison Jr. - View this family
husband
Dallas Bowden Hardison Jr.
Birth: April 16, 1914Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 3, 1998Ohio, Kentucky, United States
herself
Alta Mae Gilliam
Birth: October 6, 1914 40 33Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 6, 2008Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private

Alta Mae Gilliam has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Dallas V Gilliam - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Gilliam, DallasheadMW46MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Gilliam, EvawifeFW37MKYKYKY
Gilliam, ZuladaughterFW18SKYKYKY
Gilliam, BerticedaughterFW16SKYKYKYLaborerHome farm
Gilliam, MelvinsonMW13SKYKYKYLaborerHome farm
Gilliam, BeulahdaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Gilliam, Alta MdaughterFW5SKYKYKY
Gilliam, William DsonMW2-5mSKYKYKY
Gilliam, James FsonMW7mSKYKYKY

Next door to his father & brother -b

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Dallas V Gilliam - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gilliam, Dallas VheadMW56M22KYKYKYAssistant PostmasterCivil Service
Gilliam, EvalenawifeFW49M15KYKYKY
Gilliam, Beatrice AdaughterFW26SKYKYKYLaborerFarm
Gilliam, Melvin RsonMW22SKYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Gilliam, Beulah LdaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Gilliam, Alta MdaughterFW14SKYKYKY
Gilliam, William DsonMW13SKYKYKYLaborerFarm
Gilliam, James FsonMW10SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Dallas V Gilliam - Household

Highway # 81 Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gilliam, Dallas VXheadMW65MKYsame houseFarmerFarming
Gilliam, EvawifeFW55MKYsame house
Gilliam, Beatrice AdaughterFW37SKYsame houseCarpenterFrame buildings
Gilliam, Alta MaedaughterFW24SKYsame house
Gilliam, William DallassonMW21SKYsame houseFarmerFarming
Gilliam, James FsonMW20SKYsame houseStudentHigh School

Next door to Joe Shemwell