The Shemwell Family

Arney Lee AtkinsAge: 70 years18751945

Name
Arney Lee Atkins
Given names
Arney Lee
Surname
Atkins
Birth August 2, 1875 30 34
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 24, 1880 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Painter
1882 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Benjamin Franklin Atkin
1900 (Age 24 years)
Census June 22, 1900 (Age 24 years)
MarriageAmanda Corene StoneView this family
about 1904 (Age 28 years)

Birth of a son
#1
William Norman Atkins
January 29, 1907 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherNancy Emaline Shemwell
January 31, 1908 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Edna Mae Atkins
July 16, 1909 (Age 33 years)
Death of a brotherAnderson M Atkins
1909 (Age 33 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 54 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
Marriage of a childWilliam Norman AtkinsCecil CargillView this family
April 26, 1932 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherAlbert Allen Atkin
June 18, 1933 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sisterLaura Wendeline Atkin
April 30, 1941 (Age 65 years)
Cause: Cancer
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 August 30, 1945 (Age 70 years)
Cause of death: Pellagra
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pendleton United Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 1, 1866South Carolina, United States
10 months
elder sister
Laura Wendeline Atkin
Birth: December 5, 1866 21 25Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 30, 1941Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
16 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
4 years
himself
Arney Lee Atkins
Birth: August 2, 1875 30 34Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 30, 1945Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Family with Amanda Corene Stone - View this family
himself
Arney Lee Atkins
Birth: August 2, 1875 30 34Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 30, 1945Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
wife
Amanda Corene Stone
Birth: May 9, 1889Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: December 27, 1964Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1904
3 years
son
William Norman Atkins
Birth: January 29, 1907 31 17South Carolina, United States
Death: January 25, 1962Anderson, South Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
Edna Mae Atkins
Birth: July 16, 1909 33 20Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: December 29, 1996Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Benjamin Franklin Atkin - Household

Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Atkin, William BWM36headMFarmerNCNCNC
Atkin, Nancy EWF41wifeMNCNCNC
Atkin, Laura WWF13daughterSNCNCNC
Atkin, Anderson MWM11sonSNCNCNC
Atkin, Albert AWM8sonSNCNCNC
Atkin, Arney LWM4sonSXNCNCNC
Shemwell, ElizabethWF78mother in lawWdNCMDVA

Arney is Disabled

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Arney Lee Atkins - Household

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Atkins, Arney LheadWMJuly187524SNCSCNCfarmer
Atkin, Nancy EmotherWFJan183565Wd44NCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Arney Lee Atkins - Household

Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Atkins, Lee AheadMW34M16NCSCNCFarmerFarming
Atkins, Corene AwifeFW21M1622SCSCSC
Atkins, William NsonMW3SSCNCSC
Atkins, Edna MdaughterFW9mSSCNCSC