The Shemwell Family

Name
James Sam Haley
Given names
James Sam
Surname
Haley
Birth August 23, 1884 44 31
Birth of a sisterJewell S Haley
December 1886 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Harrison Haley
April 7, 1890 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterCora Maria Haley
July 17, 1892 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherGrant Hobart Haley
August 19, 1895 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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 sisterRhoda L Haley
before 1900 (Age 15 years)

Census June 15, 1900 (Age 15 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Burk Haley Jr.
July 9, 1909 (Age 24 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
MarriageEtta MartinView this family
about 1910 (Age 25 years)

Census April 15, 1910 (Age 25 years)
Note: Boarder - 25 - S - TN - Conductor Street Railway
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam “Bill” Parham
November 15, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
George Martin Haley
April 21, 1913 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#2
Margaret Catherine Haley
April 6, 1917 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterHarriet A Haley
July 11, 1918 (Age 33 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Military
WW1 Draft
September 12, 1918 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 32 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 33 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/
Birth of a daughter
#3
Evelyn Ruth Haley
July 4, 1919 (Age 34 years)
Census January 16, 1920 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Burke Haley
January 1, 1926 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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
Census April 13, 1930 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherMartha Jane Parham
March 3, 1935 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Martha Jean Kennedy
March 1, 1936 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childLogan Haymore McArthurEvelyn Ruth HaleyView this family
October 20, 1938 (Age 54 years)
Death of a daughterMargaret Catherine Haley
September 26, 1941 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 62 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Mitchell Haley
June 10, 1951 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterMary C Haley
January 11, 1952 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 65 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 daughterEvelyn Ruth Haley
July 30, 1958 (Age 73 years)
Cause: Gunshot - Accidental by husband
Death of a sisterAnna L “Annie” Haley
June 8, 1963 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherElijah Graves “Lige” Haley
August 15, 1963 (Age 78 years)

Death of a wifeEtta Martin
after March 31, 1966 (Age 81 years)

Death of a sisterJewell S Haley
1969 (Age 84 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 April 13, 1975 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chattanooga Memorial Park
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