The Shemwell Family

Henry Harvey Stanley1861

Name
Henry Harvey Stanley
Given names
Henry Harvey
Surname
Stanley
Birth March 2, 1861 25 18
Birth of a brotherMason Stanley
July 13, 1863 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 30 days)

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 5 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 5 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 7 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 July 7, 1870 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentLemuel GoodmanMary Elizabeth HooksView this family
December 2, 1873 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam L Goodman
June 3, 1874 (Age 13 years)
Marriage of a parentMiles MitchellMary Elizabeth HooksView this family
Type: Religious marriage
February 14, 1876 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMartha Mitchell
1877 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 17, 1880 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames R Hooks
November 26, 1884 (Age 23 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam C CochranMary Elizabeth HooksView this family
1886 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 half-brotherWilliam L Goodman
September 14, 1911 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherMason Stanley
March 30, 1916 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 motherMary Elizabeth Hooks
July 2, 1923 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 68 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 80 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 88 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 84 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: January 12, 1860Livingston, Kentucky, United States
14 months
himself
Henry Harvey Stanley
Birth: March 2, 1861 25 18Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death:
2 years
younger brother
Mason Stanley
Birth: July 13, 1863 27 20Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 30, 1916Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Mother’s family with Lemuel Goodman - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: December 2, 1873Livingston, Kentucky, United States
6 months
half-brother
Mother’s family with Miles Mitchell - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: February 14, 1876Livingston, Kentucky, United States
23 months
half-sister
Martha Mitchell
Birth: 1877 75 34Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death:
Mother’s family with William C Cochran - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: 1886Kentucky, United States

Henry Harvey Stanley has 6 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (6)

Parents James C Hooks + Almeda E Miller
2James Elmer Hooks18811954
3William M Hooks18841914
5Margaret J Hooks18901912
6Maude Amelda Hooks18951948
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James R Hooks - Household

Livingston Ky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
J R Hookshead59MWFarmerTN
Martha M Hookswife40FWKeeping houseKY
James C Hooksson20MWFarm laborerTN
Martha Z Hooksdaughter10FWKY
Louisa Ann Hooksdaughter9FWKY
Daniel C Hooksdaughter5FWKY
E Stanley27FWNo OccupationTN
Henry Stanley9MWKY
Mason Stanley7MWKY
Henry Wells18MWFarm laborerKY

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Harvey Stanley - Household

Driskill, Livingston, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Stanley, Henry HWM19Sfarm laborerKYKYTN