The Shemwell Family

Lorenzo Dobbins WatersAge: 61 years18761938

Name
Lorenzo Dobbins Waters
Given names
Lorenzo Dobbins
Surname
Waters
Birth June 22, 1876
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 months)

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 21 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
MarriageLucy M E NorvilleView this family
September 8, 1907 (Age 31 years)
Census May 12, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Census January 29, 1920 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 24, 1930 (Age 53 years)
Death March 20, 1938 (Age 61 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shiloh Baptist Cemetery
Family with Lucy M E Norville - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 8, 1907Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Anderson M Atkins + Lucy M E Norville - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: October 8, 1893Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
23 months
step-daughter
Hettie Lee Atkins
Birth: August 29, 1895 27 18Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 21, 1985Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
22 months
step-son
Charles “Charley” Atkins
Birth: June 1897 29 20Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: before 1910
5 years
step-son
Claude Alexander Atkins
Birth: October 11, 1902 34 26Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: September 19, 1950Sulphur Springs, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lorenzo Dobbins Waters - Household

Cane Creek Eoad Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Waters, Dob LheadMW33M23NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Waters, LucywifeFW33M2332NCNCNCFarm LaborHome Farm
Waters, LizziedaughterFW8SNCNCNC
Atkins, Hattiestep daughterFW14SNCNCNCFarm LaborHome Farm
Atkins, Claudstep sonMW7SSCNCNCFarm LaborHome Farm
Waters, Tesco HbrotherMW21SNCNCNCFarm LaborWorking Out

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lorenzo Dobbins Waters - Household

Sulphur Springs, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Waters, DobheadMW54M31NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Waters, LucywifeFW53M16NCNCNC
Atkins, Claudestep sonMW27MSCNCNCLaborerGeneral Farm