The Shemwell Family

George Verner RichardsonAge: 44 years18741919

Name
George Verner Richardson
Given names
George Verner
Surname
Richardson
Birth August 14, 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 23 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
MarriagePruda C “Prudie” GilliamView this family
December 26, 1906 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Elbert V Richardson
July 22, 1908 (Age 33 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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
September 12, 1918 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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 April 29, 1919 (Age 44 years)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Family with Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam - View this family
himself
George Verner Richardson
Birth: August 14, 1874Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 29, 1919Logan, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: December 26, 1906Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
19 months
son
Elbert V Richardson
Birth: July 22, 1908 33 26Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 18, 1986Missouri, United States
Robert Herschel Walker + Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam - View this family
wife’s husband
Robert Herschel Walker
Birth: November 13, 1886Kentucky, United States
Death: October 18, 1965Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1925

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Verner Richardson - Household

Kern, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Richardson, George VheadMW35M3KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Richardson, Prudie CwifeFW27M311KYKYKY
Richardson, Elbert VsonMW1-9mSKYKYKY
Reynolds, James Ohired manMW18SKYKYKYFarm laborerWorking out