The Shemwell Family

Thomas Ellie WilsonAge: 69 years18631932

Name
Thomas Ellie Wilson
Given names
Thomas Ellie
Surname
Wilson
Birth February 18, 1863
MarriageMartha Jane DavenportView this family
unknown

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 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 son
#1
Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr.
February 6, 1892 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 52 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 53 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 54 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/
MarriageViola Margaret RheaView this family
April 3, 1919 (Age 56 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Cordell Hull Wilson
December 19, 1919 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childClaborn Floyd Wilson Sr.Maude DortonView this family
April 10, 1926 (Age 63 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Claborn Floyd “Bud” Wilson Jr.
March 16, 1927 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 66 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 9, 1930 (Age 67 years)
Death October 28, 1932 (Age 69 years)

Family with Martha Jane Davenport - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
son
Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr.
Birth: February 6, 1892 28Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 23, 1977Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Viola Margaret Rhea - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: April 3, 1919
9 months
son
Cordell Hull Wilson
Birth: December 19, 1919 56 30Tennessee, United States
Death: December 16, 1987

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Ellie Wilson - Household

Rockwood Avenue Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wilson, Thomas EheadMW67M21TNTNTNRoad CommissionerCounty Roads
Wilson, Viola MwifeFW41M30TNTNTN
Wilson, Floyd CsonMW38Wd34TNTNTNFarmerFarm
Wilson, Cordell HsonMW10STNTNTN
Wilson, Claborn Fgrand sonMW3STNTNTN