The Shemwell Family

Joseph Warner TabbAge: 76 years18561933

Name
Joseph Warner Tabb
Given names
Joseph Warner
Surname
Tabb
Birth October 16, 1856 33 28
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
Birth of a sisterSusan E Tabb
1859 (Age 2 years)
Census June 19, 1860 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterDrucilla Frances Tabb
1861 (Age 4 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
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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Patrick Shemwell
July 1869 (Age 12 years)
Cause: Inflammation of bowels
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
Death of a sisterSusan E Tabb
before 1870 (Age 13 years)
Note: Not in 1870 Census -b
Census October 6, 1870 (Age 13 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
Death of a fatherJohn L Tabb
June 7, 1880 (Age 23 years)
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 23 years)
Death of a motherMartha Ellen Shemwell
after 1880 (Age 23 years)

Religious marriageSarah Ellen MooreView this family
November 17, 1881 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha J Tabb
August 1886 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Clara H Tabb
October 1888 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Lawernce N Tabb
1893 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Ishmael Harrison Tabb
December 6, 1895 (Age 39 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
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Raymond McKinley Tabb
September 2, 1900 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherThomas W Tabb
October 8, 1906 (Age 49 years)
Cause: Consumption
Death of a brotherJacob S “Bud” Tabb
October 8, 1906 (Age 49 years)
Census May 6, 1910 (Age 53 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 sisterMary Jane Tabb
September 18, 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/
Birth of a grandson
#1
Sylvester Tabb
October 19, 1919 (Age 63 years)
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 63 years)
Death of a wifeSarah Ellen Moore
November 4, 1921 (Age 65 years)
Burial of a wifeSarah Ellen Moore
1921 (Age 64 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Death of a grandsonSylvester Tabb
October 28, 1922 (Age 66 years)
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 January 23, 1933 (Age 76 years)
Burial 1933 (Age 76 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 8, 1847Todd, Kentucky, United States
9 months
elder brother
13 months
elder brother
5 years
elder sister
21 months
elder brother
2 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
Susan E Tabb
Birth: 1859 35 30Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: before 1870Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Drucilla Frances Tabb
Birth: 1861 37 32Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 9, 1934Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Family with Sarah Ellen Moore - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 17, 1881Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 years
daughter
Martha J Tabb
Birth: August 1886 29 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Clara H Tabb
Birth: October 1888 31 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
5 years
son
3 years
son
Ishmael Harrison Tabb
Birth: December 6, 1895 39 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 22, 1985Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 years
son
Raymond McKinley Tabb
Birth: September 2, 1900 43 34Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:

Joseph Warner Tabb has 44 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (44)

Parents John Franklin Driskill + Barbara Jane Shemwell
Parents William Pidcock + Nancy Isabella Shemwell
Parents John Franklin Driskill + Nancy Isabella Shemwell
Parents William Henry Shemwell + Elizabeth Jane Tomerlin
3Leroy J Shemwell18581906
4James H Shemwell18611906
7Mattie V Shemwell18741914
Parents Samuel Black Shemwell + Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock
3John L Shemwell18541917
6Samuel M Shemwell18611935
Parents John Pidcock + Mary Ann Shemwell
3Miranda E Pidcock18631900
Parents John Patrick Shemwell Jr. + Mary Hester Sherrod
2Willie Shemwell18711875
3Etta Bell Shemwell18721942
Parents James Lewis Shemwell + Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham
Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John L Tabb - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J L Tabbhead37MWFarmerVA
Martha E Tabbwife31FWDomesticKY
Thomas W Tabbson12MWKY
Jacob S Tabbson10MWKY
Mary J Tabbdaughter7FWKY
John R Tabbson5MWKY
Joseph W Tabbson3MWKY
Susan E Tabbdaughter11mFWKY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Martha Ellen Shemwell - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Tabb, Martha Ehead44FWfarmerKY
Tabb, Jacob Sson21MWfarm laborerKY
Tabb, Mary Jdaughter18FWKY
Tabb, John Rson16MWKY
Tabb, Joseph Wson14MWfarm laborerKY
Tabb, Drucilla Fdaughter9FWKY

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Martha Ellen Shemwell - Household

Sharon, Todd, Kentucky

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Tabb, Martha EWF52headWdKeeping HouseKYKYNC
Tabb, Joseph WWM23sonSLaborerKYVAKY

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Warner Tabb - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Tabb, Joseph WheadWMOct185643M18KYKYKYfarmer
Tabb, Sarah EwifeWFJul186732M1854KYVAKY
Tabb, Martha JdaughterWFAug188615SKYKYKY
Tabb, Clara HdaughterWFOct188811SKYKYKY
Tabb, Laurence JsonWMJun18937SKYKYKY
Tabb, Ishmel HsonWMDec18954SKYKYKY
Tabb, Elmer LeenephewWMDec187821SKYKYKYfarmer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Warner Tabb - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Tabb, Joseph WheadMW53M28KYKYKYfarmer
Tabb, Sarah EwifeFW40M2865KYKYKY
Tabb, Clara HdaughterFW21SKYKYKY
Tabb, Lawrence NsonMW15SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Tabb, Ishmael HsonMW14SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Tabb, Raymond MsonMW9SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Warner Tabb - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tabb, JoeheadMW63MKYKYKYfarmer
Tabb, Sarah wifeFW52MKYKYKY