The Shemwell Family

James Monroe Webb Jr.Age: 56 years18661922

Name
James Monroe Webb Jr.
Given names
James Monroe
Surname
Webb
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth January 1866 45 43
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 months)
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 12 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 9, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 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 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherLloyd Selby
October 9, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Parham
March 31, 1884 (Age 18 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew Jackson Webb
July 29, 1886 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann “Betsie” Selby
September 20, 1886 (Age 20 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Mitchell Webb
May 13, 1891 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 6, 1900 (Age 34 years)
Death of a fatherJames Monroe Webb Sr.
July 10, 1905 (Age 39 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 July 15, 1922 (Age 56 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1841
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
6 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Andrew Jackson Webb
Birth: April 27, 1859 38 36Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 29, 1886Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
7 years
himself
James Monroe Webb Jr.
Birth: January 1866 45 43Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 15, 1922

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Webb - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Webb, James Mhead50MWFarmerVA
Webb, Mary Awife48FWKeeping HouseAL
Webb, Lloyd Wson21MWHelps on farmTN
Webb, George Wson19MWHelps on farmTN
Webb, Jesse Bson12MWHelps on farmTN
Webb, Andrew Json11MWHelps on farmTN
Webb, James Mson3MWAt HomeTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Webb - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Webb, James MWM60headMFarmerTNVAVA
Webb, Mary AWF58wifeMKeeping HouseALKYNC
Webb, AndrewWM20sonSWorks on FarmTNALTN
Webb, JamesWM14sonSWorks on FarmTNTNAL
Selby, LloydWM82father in lawMNo ProfessionNCNCNC
Selby, RebeccaWF88mother in lawMNo ProfessionTNVAAL

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Webb Sr. - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Webb, James M SrheadWMNov182079WdVAVAVA
Webb, James M JrsonWMJan186634STNVAALFarmer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Brown Webb - Household

Hale Mill to Vandever Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Webb, Jesse BheadMW54M30TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Webb, Sarah JwifeFW49M301210TNTNTN
Webb, OrdiasonMW28STNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Webb, LucydaughterFW22STNTNTNHouse KeeperPrivate Family
Webb, Thomas MsonMW19STNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Webb, Mattie MdaughterFW17STNTNTN
Webb, Ellen AdaughterFW15STNTNTN
Webb, LefflesonMW13STNTNTN
Webb, FranksonMW11STNTNTN
Webb, DolliedaughterFW9STNTNTN
Webb, BeckydaughterFW7STNTNTN
Webb, Jamesyounger brotherMW46STNVAALFarmerGeneral Farm