The Shemwell Family

Joshua Gilbert JonesAge: 69 years18741944

Name
Joshua Gilbert Jones
Given names
Joshua Gilbert
Surname
Jones
Birth May 8, 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
Civil marriageIda Florence SikesView this family
December 28, 1898 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ann May Jones
October 1899 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
William Henry Jones
May 5, 1901 (Age 26 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
WWI 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/
Marriage of a childWilliam Henry JonesGertrude BooneView this family
May 6, 1923 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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
Death of a wifeIda Florence Sikes
July 24, 1934 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 March 18, 1944 (Age 69 years)
Cause of death: TB
Family with Ida Florence Sikes - View this family
himself
Joshua Gilbert Jones
Birth: May 8, 1874Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 18, 1944Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
wife
Ida Florence Sikes
Birth: November 17, 1874 23 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1934Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 28, 1898Stewart, Tennessee, United States
10 months
daughter
Ann May Jones
Birth: October 1899 25 24Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death:
19 months
son
William Henry Jones
Birth: May 5, 1901 26 26Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 3, 1952Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States

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