The Shemwell Family

Elijah Graves “Lige” HaleyAge: 90 years18721963

Name
Elijah Graves “Lige” Haley
Given names
Elijah Graves
Surname
Haley
Nickname
Lige
Birth November 18, 1872 32 19
MarriageEmily D ReynoldsView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterMary C Haley
November 14, 1875 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterHarriet A Haley
October 1877 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherJohn Burk Haley Jr.
September 1879 (Age 6 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAnna L “Annie” Haley
October 1881 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Mitchell Haley
March 21, 1883 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Sam Haley
August 23, 1884 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterJewell S Haley
December 1886 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Harrison Haley
April 7, 1890 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterCora Maria Haley
July 17, 1892 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a brotherGrant Hobart Haley
August 19, 1895 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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
MarriageHallie Mary BoydView this family
about 1899 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Neal Sheton Haley
September 8, 1899 (Age 26 years)
Death of a sisterRhoda L Haley
before 1900 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Mable Boyd Haley
February 6, 1907 (Age 34 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Burk Haley Jr.
July 9, 1909 (Age 36 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 37 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam “Bill” Parham
November 15, 1910 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 sisterHarriet A Haley
July 11, 1918 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 44 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 45 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/
Census January 24, 1920 (Age 47 years)
Death of a wifeHallie Mary Boyd
September 27, 1921 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Burke Haley
January 1, 1926 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 motherMartha Jane Parham
March 3, 1935 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 brotherGrant Hobart Haley
August 6, 1947 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Mitchell Haley
June 10, 1951 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterMary C Haley
January 11, 1952 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 77 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 sisterAnna L “Annie” Haley
June 8, 1963 (Age 90 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 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 August 15, 1963 (Age 90 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1870
2 years
elder sister
Rhoda L Haley
Birth: about 1871 30 18Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1900
23 months
himself
3 years
younger sister
Mary C Haley
Birth: November 14, 1875 35 22Tennessee, United States
Death: January 11, 1952Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Harriet A Haley
Birth: October 1877 37 24Tennessee, United States
Death: July 11, 1918Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Burk Haley Jr.
Birth: September 1879 39 26Tennessee, United States
Death: July 9, 1909Hill City, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Anna L “Annie” Haley
Birth: October 1881 41 28Tennessee, United States
Death: June 8, 1963Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
18 months
younger brother
William Mitchell Haley
Birth: March 21, 1883 42 30Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 10, 1951Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
17 months
younger brother
James Sam Haley
Birth: August 23, 1884 44 31Tennessee, United States
Death: April 13, 1975San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Benjamin Harrison Haley
Birth: April 7, 1890 49 37Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 6, 1982Pinellas, Florida, United States
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Grant Hobart Haley
Birth: August 19, 1895 55 42Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 6, 1947Los Angeles, California, United States
Family with Hallie Mary Boyd - View this family
himself
wife
Hallie Mary Boyd
Birth: January 24, 1874Tennessee, United States
Death: September 27, 1921Ooltewah, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1899
8 months
son
Neal Sheton Haley
Birth: September 8, 1899 26 25Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 1970Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
7 years
daughter
Mable Boyd Haley
Birth: February 6, 1907 34 33Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Family with Emily D Reynolds - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Burke Haley - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Haley, John BWM36headMFarmerTN
Parham, Martha JWF27wifeMKeeping HouseTNTN
Haley, Rhoda LWF9daughterSTNTNTN
Haley, Elijah GWM7sonSTNTNTN
Haley, Mary CWF4daughterSTNTNTN
Haley, Harriet AWF2daughterSTNTNTN
Haley, John BWM8-msonSTNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Graves Haley - Household

511 Woodward Ave Hamilton, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Haley, Elijah GheadMW38M111TNTNTNConductorStreet Railway
Haley, HalliewifeFW36M11122TNTNTN
Haley, Neal SsonMW10STNTNTN
Haley, Mable VdaughterFW3STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Graves Haley - Household

Tallant School House Road Hamilton, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Haley, Elijah GheadMW47MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Haley, HalliewifeFW46MTNTNTN
Haley, Neal SsonMW20STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Haley, Mable BdaughterFW12STNTNTN