The Shemwell Family

Albert T Webb1856

Name
Albert T Webb
Given names
Albert T
Surname
Webb
Birth March 1856 48 40
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 29, 1860 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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
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 August 5, 1870 (Age 14 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
Civil marriageMary Catherine “Molly” HuffView this family
October 29, 1879 (Age 23 years)
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Waid Madison Webb
August 8, 1882 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Dorsey R Webb
October 5, 1885 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherEwing Madison Webb
January 13, 1895 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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
Death of a sonDorsey R Webb
before 1900 (Age 43 years)

Death of a childInfant Webb
before 1900 (Age 43 years)

Census June 8, 1900 (Age 44 years)
Death of a half-sisterCornelia Webb
1906 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Mary Helen Webb
November 15, 1914 (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
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/
Death of a half-sisterMary Elizabeth Marguerite Webb
July 15, 1921 (Age 65 years)

Death of a wifeMary Catherine “Molly” Huff
December 16, 1925 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 73 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 93 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sonWaid Madison Webb
November 15, 1955 (Age 99 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 89 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 17, 1849Cooper, Missouri, United States
7 years
himself
-6 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Father’s family with Lucy Reddish - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 26, 1830Madison, Virginia, United States
3 years
half-sister
15 months
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
6 years
half-brother
Mother’s family with Yelverton Wells - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: October 22, 1829Nelson, Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
10 years
half-brother
Family with Mary Catherine “Molly” Huff - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 29, 1879Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Waid Madison Webb
Birth: August 8, 1882 26 22Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 15, 1955Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Dorsey R Webb
Birth: October 5, 1885 29 25Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: before 1900
child
Frank Collins + Mary Catherine “Molly” Huff - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage:

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Stanard Webb - Household

Lamine Twp, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Stanard Webbhead52MWfarmerVA
Jane P Webbwife48FWVA
Albert Webbson4MWMO
Madison Webbson10MWMO
Stanard Webbson7MWMO
Yelvertson Wellsstep son13MWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Stanard Webb - Household

Lamine Twp, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Webb, Stanardhead62MWfarmerVA
Webb, J Pwife54FWkeeping houseVA
Webb, Albertson13MWworks on farmMO
Webb,Stanardson17MWworks on farmMO
Webb, Madisonson20MWworks on farmMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Albert T Webb - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Webb, A TWM23headMfarmerMOVAKY
Webb, MaryWF20wifeMMOVAMO
Merton, BenWM15Sfarm laborerMOMOKY
Turley, Jane TWF52Wkeeping houseMOMOVA
Turley, Robert LWM15Sfarm laborerMOMOVA
Turley, Henry MWM10SMOMOVA
Turley, MamieWF5SMOMOMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Albert Webb - Household

Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Webb, AlbertheadWMMar185743M22MOVAKYgrocer
Webb, Marie CwifeWFJan186040M2231MOVAVA
Webb, Waid sonWMAug188217SMOMOMO