The Shemwell Family

William Matthew “Willie” FrostAge: 55 years18791935

Name
William Matthew “Willie” Frost
Given names
William Matthew
Surname
Frost
Nickname
Willie
Birth October 14, 1879 44 29
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 7 months)
Death of a fatherSevier Frost
August 9, 1881 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherCecil Sevier Frost
December 25, 1881 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
MarriageJennetta Melissa “Nettie” JohnsonView this family
December 9, 1900 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherHardy Lee Frost
November 14, 1906 (Age 27 years)
MarriageClara Elizabeth RazorView this family
about 1913 (Age 33 years)

Death of a half-brotherWilliam T Frost
May 13, 1913 (Age 33 years)
Death of a brotherLee W Frost
May 12, 1914 (Age 34 years)
Burial of a brotherLee W Frost
May 13, 1914 (Age 34 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mollie E Frost
September 19, 1915 (Age 35 years)
Death of a daughterMollie E Frost
September 19, 1915 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lee Andrew Frost
October 18, 1916 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 brotherCharles W Frost
April 28, 1917 (Age 37 years)

Death of a half-brotherGeneral Price Frost
August 16, 1917 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 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
Death of a motherMary Rebecca “Molly” Peach
about 1918 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 38 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/
Birth of a daughter
#3
Hazel May Frost
May 12, 1923 (Age 43 years)
Death of a daughterHazel May Frost
September 12, 1924 (Age 44 years)
Burial of a daughterHazel May Frost
September 13, 1924 (Age 44 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Eventide Cemetery
Death of a brotherEarly Snow Frost
April 20, 1927 (Age 47 years)
Burial of a brotherEarly Snow Frost
April 29, 1927 (Age 47 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 June 13, 1935 (Age 55 years)
Burial June 15, 1935 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Eventide Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 25, 1869Barry, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder brother
17 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Cora Ann Frost
Birth: November 30, 1874 39 24Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 11, 1953Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
1 year
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Lee W Frost
Birth: October 1878 43 28Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: May 12, 1914Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
1 year
himself
2 years
younger brother
Cecil Sevier Frost
Birth: December 25, 1881 46 31Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: June 7, 1957Yolo, California, United States
Father’s family with Elizabeth Savira McGlothlin - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: April 18, 1859Barry, Missouri, United States
Divorce: August 6, 1867Barry, Missouri, United States
5 years
half-brother
General Price Frost
Birth: June 19, 1864 28 20Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 16, 1917Blanchard, McClain, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
half-brother
William T Frost
Birth: about 1868 32 23Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: May 13, 1913Cle Elum, Kittitas, Washington, United States
Family with Jennetta Melissa “Nettie” Johnson - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 9, 1900Grayson, Texas, United States
Family with Clara Elizabeth Razor - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1913
3 years
daughter
Mollie E Frost
Birth: September 19, 1915 35 23Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: September 19, 1915Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
13 months
son
Lee Andrew Frost
Birth: October 18, 1916 37 24Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: January 5, 1996Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
7 years
daughter
Hazel May Frost
Birth: May 12, 1923 43 30Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: September 12, 1924Monett, Barry, Missouri, United States
Henry H Milam + Jennetta Melissa “Nettie” Johnson - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: May 2, 1897Grayson, Denison, Texas, United States
10 months
step-son
Sidney Albert Milam
Birth: March 4, 1898 17Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: November 14, 1947Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
James Wylie Byrum + Jennetta Melissa “Nettie” Johnson - View this family
wife’s husband
James Wylie Byrum
Birth: February 17, 1889Polk, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 13, 1960Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: before 1940
Thomas Weaver Phillips + Clara Elizabeth Razor - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage:

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Sevier Frost - Household

Sugar Creek, Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Frost, SevierWM45MStore-KeeperTNMIMI
Frost, MollieWF29wifeMHouse KeeperOHPAVA
Frost, EarlyWM10sonS/MOTNOH
Frost, HardyWM8sonS//ARTNOH
Frost, CoraWF6daughterS///ARTNOH
Frost, CharlieWM4sonSARTNOH
Frost, LeeWM2sonSARTNOH
Frost, WillieWM6/12OctsonARTNOH
Frost, GeneralWM16sonSFarming/ARTNOH
Hensen, SarahWF21servantSServantMOTNTN
Read, A JWM22servantSservantMOTNTN