The Shemwell Family

Elouisa Jane “Eliza” WalkerAge: 80 years18561937

Name
Elouisa Jane “Eliza” Walker
Given names
Elouisa Jane
Surname
Walker
Married name
Elouisa Jane Mullinix
Nickname
Eliza
Birth October 16, 1856 24 25
Birth of a brotherElijah Frost “Lige” Walker
March 4, 1859 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 26, 1860 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterRhoda Emily Walker
November 28, 1860 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Young Walker
February 6, 1862 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Simpson Walker
March 7, 1865 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Birth of a sisterMary White Walker
April 19, 1867 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 10 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 years)

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
Census June 20, 1870 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterBettie Walker
February 14, 1873 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAmelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson
September 14, 1876 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 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 1, 1880 (Age 23 years)
MarriageNathaniel D “Doc” MullinixView this family
about 1884 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Louis Monroe Mullinix
October 21, 1884 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
John William Mullinix
January 21, 1886 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Armenda Mullinix
November 26, 1888 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Eli White Mullinix
January 20, 1890 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Esther Ellen Mullinix
January 1892 (Age 35 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Simpson Walker
February 11, 1892 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Wilvia Rhoda Mullinix
February 1, 1893 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sisterMary White Walker
October 23, 1894 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Anna Nathaniel Mullinix
September 9, 1896 (Age 39 years)
Death of a husbandNathaniel D “Doc” Mullinix
June 15, 1897 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Marriage of a childJames William MooreMary Armenda MullinixView this family
April 24, 1904 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Nathaniel Moore
March 3, 1905 (Age 48 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn Nathaniel Moore
March 3, 1905 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Vester Louis “Jack” Moore
February 18, 1906 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Monroe Beaty Walker
December 20, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherMary Adaline Frost
January 2, 1911 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherElijah Frost “Lige” Walker
July 21, 1914 (Age 57 years)
Burial of a brotherElijah Frost “Lige” Walker
July 22, 1914 (Age 57 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
Death of a sisterAmelia Ann “Millie” Walker
June 22, 1915 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childLouis Monroe MullinixDora Anna MillerView this family
August 19, 1915 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a daughterEsther Ellen Mullinix
February 3, 1917 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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 72 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 April 14, 1937 (Age 80 years)
Burial April 15, 1937 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Frost Family Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 26, 1854White, Tennessee, United States
10 months
elder sister
23 months
herself
2 years
younger brother
21 months
younger sister
14 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
William Simpson Walker
Birth: March 7, 1865 32 34Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 11, 1892Granby City, Newton, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mary White Walker
Birth: April 19, 1867 35 36Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 23, 1894Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
6 years
younger sister
Bettie Walker
Birth: February 14, 1873 40 42Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1944Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Family with Nathaniel D “Doc” Mullinix - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1884
10 months
son
Louis Monroe Mullinix
Birth: October 21, 1884 36 28Washington, United States
Death: May 1967Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
15 months
son
John William Mullinix
Birth: January 21, 1886 38 29Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Death: October 5, 1969Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
3 years
daughter
Mary Armenda Mullinix
Birth: November 26, 1888 41 32Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Death: September 19, 1978Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States
14 months
son
Eli White Mullinix
Birth: January 20, 1890 42 33Washington, United States
Death: November 30, 1966Ventura, California, United States
2 years
daughter
Esther Ellen Mullinix
Birth: January 1892 44 35Washington, United States
Death: February 3, 1917Turner, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
13 months
daughter
Wilvia Rhoda Mullinix
Birth: February 1, 1893 45 36Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 26, 1979Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Anna Nathaniel Mullinix
Birth: September 9, 1896 48 39Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 30, 1982Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John Monroe Beaty Walker - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John M B Walkerhead28MFarmer550440TN
Mary A Walkerwife29FHouse KeeperTN
Emelia Walkerdaughter5FTN
Elouisa J Walkerdaughter3FTN
Elijah F Walkerson2MTN
John F Greer75MFarmerVA

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Monroe Beaty Walker - Household

District 5, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Walker, John M Bhead38MWFarmer + black smith15001500TN/
Walker, Mary Awife39FWKeeping houseTN
Walker, Emilia Adaughter15FWhelp at homeTN/
Walker, Elouisa Jdaughter13FWat homeTN/
Walker, Elijah Fson12MWat homeTN/
Walker, Rhoda Edaughter9FWat homeTN/
Walker, James Yson7MWat homeTN
Walker, William Sson5MWat homeTN
Walker, Mary Wdaughter3FWat homeTN
Loyd, Mary B26FWhouse helpTNN/
Frost, Emilia Lmother-in-law69FWmidwife1500TN
Van Winkle, James C20MWfarm laborerTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Monroe Beaty Walker - Household

District 5, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Walker, JohnWM48headMBlacksmithTNTNTN
Walker, MaryWF49wifeMKeeping houseTNTNTN
Walker, EmiliaWF25daughterSAt homeTNTNTN
Walker, LouisaWF24daughterSAt homeTNTNTN
Walker, ElijahWM22sonSAt homeTNTNTN
Walker, JamesWM18sonSAt homeTNTNTN
Walker, WilliamWM15sonSAt homeTNTNTN
Walker, MaryWF13daughterSAt homeNTNTNTN
Walker, ElizabethWF7daughterSAt homeNTNTNTN
Loyel, MaryWF35servantSservantNTNTNTN