The Shemwell Family

Thomas Loyd HaleAge: 84 years18561941

Name
Thomas Loyd Hale
Given names
Thomas Loyd
Surname
Hale
Birth October 3, 1856 35 26
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 years)

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 10 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 10 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 12 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 21 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageSarah Caroline HallView this family
October 27, 1879 (Age 23 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherLloyd Selby
October 9, 1880 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Parham
March 31, 1884 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherAndrew Jackson Hale
March 2, 1885 (Age 28 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth J Selby
July 4, 1887 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 72 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 wifeSarah Caroline Hall
May 6, 1931 (Age 74 years)
Death January 14, 1941 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hall Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Andrew Jackson Hale
Birth: April 1, 1821Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 1885Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
mother
Elizabeth J Selby
Birth: November 21, 1829 31 36Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 4, 1887Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: estimated 1842
15 years
himself
Thomas Loyd Hale
Birth: October 3, 1856 35 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 14, 1941Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Sarah Caroline Hall - View this family
himself
Thomas Loyd Hale
Birth: October 3, 1856 35 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 14, 1941Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Sarah Caroline Hall
Birth: March 11, 1861Tennessee, United States
Death: May 6, 1931Biglick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: October 27, 1879

Thomas Loyd Hale has 27 first cousins recorded