The Shemwell Family

William Henry TuckerAge: 71 years18661937

Name
William Henry Tucker
Given names
William Henry
Surname
Tucker
Birth November 25, 1866
MarriageMary Garland KennedyView this family
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Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 37 days)
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 37 days)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Birth of a son
#1
Don Hugo Tucker
February 2, 1903 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lola Mae Tucker
April 15, 1905 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Hessie Willa Tucker
January 19, 1907 (Age 40 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Dallas Cody Tucker
April 25, 1910 (Age 43 years)

Death of a sonDallas Cody Tucker
April 25, 1910 (Age 43 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/
Marriage of a childEddie Lewis ShemwellLola Mae TuckerView this family
June 3, 1922 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
William Louis Shemwell
April 24, 1923 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
James Nelson “Red” Shemwell
September 25, 1926 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Elmer Ray Shemwell
July 22, 1929 (Age 62 years)
Twin: Velma Mae Shemwell
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Velma Mae Shemwell
July 22, 1929 (Age 62 years)
Twin: Elmer Ray Shemwell
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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 of a grandsonElmer Ray Shemwell
November 1, 1929 (Age 62 years)
Cause: Cholera
Death of a granddaughterVelma Mae Shemwell
November 5, 1929 (Age 62 years)
Cause: Cholera
Birth of a grandson
#5
Kenneth Gene Shemwell
January 1, 1931 (Age 64 years)
Death December 22, 1937 (Age 71 years)
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Don Hugo Tucker
Birth: February 2, 1903 36 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 30, 1959Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
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