The Shemwell Family

William Avery “Willie” CashAge: 70 years18941964

Name
William Avery “Willie” Cash
Type
adopted name
Given names
William Avery
Surname
Cash
Nickname
Willie
Birth 1894 19 9
Adoptionunknown

Adoption: Adopted by both parents
MarriageView this family
unknown

MarriageRebecca CurryView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 13, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherLemuel Orville Goodman
December 12, 1902 (Age 8 years)
Marriage of parentsWilliam L GoodmanOna Dorcas StevensView this family
1902 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMina Marie Goodman
July 20, 1904 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a sisterAnna Lee Goodman
June 11, 1907 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterAnna Lee Goodman
October 11, 1907 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherHiram Samuel Goodman
October 11, 1908 (Age 14 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Otis “Willie” Goodman
January 21, 1911 (Age 17 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam L Goodman
September 14, 1911 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
George Forest Cash
1913 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherHiram Samuel Goodman
January 24, 1913 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Wayne David Cash
1915 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 paternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Hooks
July 2, 1923 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 47 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
Death of a brotherWilliam Otis “Willie” Goodman
November 20, 1951 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 52 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
Death March 1, 1964 (Age 70 years)
Family with adoptive parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1902Kentucky, United States
-7 years
himself
9 years
younger brother
Lemuel Orville Goodman
Birth: December 12, 1902 28 18Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1987Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
19 months
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Anna Lee Goodman
Birth: June 11, 1907 33 22Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 11, 1907Livingston, Kentucky, United States
16 months
younger brother
Hiram Samuel Goodman
Birth: October 11, 1908 34 24Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 24, 1913Livingston, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
William Otis “Willie” Goodman
Birth: January 21, 1911 36 26Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 20, 1951Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States
Mother’s family with Edward C Massey - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
Family with - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
son
3 years
son
Wayne David Cash
Birth: 1915 21
Death: January 25, 1991Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Family with Rebecca Curry - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William C Cochran - Household

Driskill, Livingston, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cochran, William CheadWMMay184159M14KYKYKYfarmer
Cochran, Mary EwifeWFOct184356M1443TNTNTN
Goodman, Williestep sonWMNov187524WdKYVATNfarmer
Cash, William AboarderWMNov18936SKYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William L Goodman - Household

Driskill, Livingston, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Goodman, William LheadMW35M28KYVATNfarmergeneral farm
Goodman, Ona DwifeFW25M1853KYKYKY
Goodman, OrvillesonMW7SKYKYKY
Goodman, MinadaughterFW5SKYKYKY
Goodman, HiramsonMW1SKYKYKY
Cash, Willie AAdopted SonMW16SKYUSUSfarmerhome farm
Stanley, Masonhalf-brotherMW46SKYKYTNfarmerhome farm
Cochran, Mary EmotherFW67Wd43TNTNTNown income