The Shemwell Family

Anna Louise “Dolly” WhitlowAge: 61 years18851946

Name
Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow
Given names
Anna Louise
Surname
Whitlow
Married name
Anna Louise Williams
Nickname
Dolly
Birth April 21, 1885 28 22
Death of a maternal grandmotherLouisa M Lee
October 28, 1886 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherDorsey John Whitlow
September 25, 1887 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Whitlow
May 1889 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterOrpha Whitlow
August 3, 1892 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Clay Whitlow
June 4, 1894 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Whitlow
August 19, 1898 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 1, 1900 (Age 15 years)
MarriageObie Reed WilliamsView this family
October 6, 1901 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterOrpha Whitlow
1901 (Age 15 years)
Death of a motherSarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
1901 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a son
#1
William Walker Williams
June 30, 1902 (Age 17 years)
Death of a sisterNellie Whitlow
1902 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherIshamel Higdon Whitlow
June 5, 1903 (Age 18 years)

Cause: Typhoid fever (Since May 22, 1903)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Morton Shemwell
July 29, 1904 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Reed “Tommie” Williams
1905 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Marie Williams
1907 (Age 21 years)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 9, 1920 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sonThomas Reed “Tommie” Williams
1922 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childAlex GrahamMarie WilliamsView this family
April 11, 1925 (Age 39 years)
Death of a sisterNettie Whitlow
February 16, 1927 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Rodney Gwynn Williams
March 24, 1927 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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 1930 (Age 44 years)
Note: Eliza Tallchief household
Birth of a grandson
#2
Thomas Lee “Tommy” Williams
March 3, 1932 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 July 1, 1946 (Age 61 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 10, 1878Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Flora Dell Whitlow
Birth: July 6, 1880 24 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 19, 1959Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Nellie Whitlow
Birth: August 1882 26 20Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: 1902Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
2 years
younger brother
Dorsey John Whitlow
Birth: September 25, 1887 31 25Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 11, 1955Cassville Community Hospital, Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
20 months
younger sister
Nettie Whitlow
Birth: May 1889 32 27Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 16, 1927Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
younger sister
Orpha Whitlow
Birth: August 3, 1892 36 30Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: 1901Cooper, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
John Whitlow
Birth: August 19, 1898 42 36Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: June 30, 1983
Family with Obie Reed Williams - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 6, 1901Cooper, Missouri, United States
9 months
son
4 years
son
Thomas Reed “Tommie” Williams
Birth: 1905 30 19Kansas, United States
Death: 1922Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Ishamel Higdon Whitlow - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, MO

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Whitlow, I HheadWMJun185643M22KYKYVAFarming
Shemwell, Gfather in lawWMAug182475W54KYNCVAFarming
Whitlow, S MwifeWFMay186238M2277MOKYKY
Whitlow, NelliedaughterWFAug188217SMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, AnniedaughterWFApr188515SMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, DorseysonWMSep188712MMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, NettiedaughterWFMay189010MMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, OrphadaughterWFAug18927SMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, HenrysonWMJun18954MKYMO
Whitlow, JohnsonWMAug18981SMOKYMO

Next door to Ida Sallie's neice

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Obie Reed Williams - Household

441 9th Street Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Williams, Obie RheadMW34M9MOKYKYForemanCement Plant
Williams, DolliewifeFW24M933MOMOMO
Williams, WalkersonMW7SMOMOMO
Williams, ThomassonMW5SKSMOMO
Williams, MariedaughterFW3SKSMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow - Household

Fairfax, Osage, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Williams, DollyservantFW45Wd15MOMOMOservantTallChief private home

Household of Eliza Tallchief

Census
Eliza Tallchief household