The Shemwell Family

Ina DriskillAge: 26 years19001927

Name
Ina Driskill
Given names
Ina
Surname
Driskill
Married name
Ina Willis
Birth April 16, 1900 25 21
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageWilliam Bradley “Willie” WillisView this family
February 25, 1917 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Douglas “W. D.” Willis
January 22, 1918 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 10, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Elvis Willis
April 16, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sonJames Elvis Willis
April 1, 1921 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Teddy Curtis Willis
March 26, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Death March 14, 1927 (Age 26 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Elvis Hayes Driskill
Birth: January 10, 1875 28 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 22, 1960Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother
Alma Boley
Birth: November 2, 1878Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 10, 1968Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
elder brother
Royal Driskill
Birth: February 24, 1899 24 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 1985Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
14 months
herself
Family with William Bradley “Willie” Willis - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 25, 1917Todd, Kentucky, United States
11 months
son
William Douglas “W. D.” Willis
Birth: January 22, 1918 20 17Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 11, 1982Seminole, Florida, United States
2 years
son
James Elvis Willis
Birth: April 16, 1920 22 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 1, 1921Warren, Kentucky, United States
23 months
son
Teddy Curtis Willis
Birth: March 26, 1922 24 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 11, 1975Longwood, Seminole, Florida, United States
William Bradley “Willie” Willis + Ruby Goodbread - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Ruby Goodbread
Birth: September 2, 1908Warren, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 18, 1992Williamson, Tennessee, United States
step-daughter
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Bradley “Willie” Willis - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Willis, BradleyheadMW22MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Willis, InawifeFW19MKYKYKYHouse wife
Willis, DouglassonMW2SKYKYKY