The Shemwell Family

Name
Oscar Grant Gillmore
Given names
Oscar Grant
Surname
Gillmore
Birth August 24, 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 months)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCarrie Eugenea ConnorView this family
November 18, 1890 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Chesleigh Kidwell Gillmore
August 16, 1892 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Glenerver Reid Gillmore
August 15, 1895 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Thelma Grace Gillmore
February 12, 1898 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
Census June 30, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Rev. Nello Dwight Gillmore
October 21, 1900 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Ector Lynn Gillmore
December 27, 1902 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Carmen Ira Gillmore
February 17, 1909 (Age 40 years)
Census April 23, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Margie Rosalie Gillmore
September 20, 1911 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childChesleigh Kidwell GillmoreMyrtle A SheltonView this family
January 21, 1912 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Edward James Gillmore
December 26, 1912 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Alice Maye Gillmore
October 17, 1914 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childBenjamin Washington WilburnThelma Grace GillmoreView this family
calculated 1917 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Beulah Charline Wilburn
May 21, 1918 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 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 49 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 21, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Chesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn
May 11, 1921 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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
Birth of a grandson
#5
Oscar Gayle Wilburn
June 17, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Lyndon Dwight Petty
July 23, 1932 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childRev. Nello Dwight GillmoreLois View this family
between 1930 and 1940 (Age 61 years)

Census April 7, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childGlenerver Reid GillmoreGladys Evelyn AndersonView this family
January 20, 1932 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childEctor Lynn GillmoreFlora Belle HarrellView this family
between 1931 and 1939 (Age 62 years)

Death March 18, 1937 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shiloh Cemetery
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