The Shemwell Family

Martha Lavada BrownAge: 97 years18861983

Name
Martha Lavada Brown
Given names
Martha Lavada
Surname
Brown
Married name
Martha Lavada Hinch
Birth July 28, 1886 22 27
Birth of a brotherUlysses Wilburn Brown
July 26, 1888 (Age 23 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 13, 1900 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth W Kerley
October 17, 1900 (Age 14 years)
Census May 9, 1910 (Age 23 years)
MarriageDerris “Dock” HinchView this family
April 13, 1914 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Roger Garland Hinch
May 9, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a husbandDerris “Dock” Hinch
April 4, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Derris “Jay” Hinch
May 27, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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 of a paternal grandmotherEmily E Miller
February 15, 1919 (Age 32 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJesse Walker Brown
March 2, 1924 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherMary Temperance Selby
June 23, 1929 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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 fatherJames Lafayette Brown
September 2, 1933 (Age 47 years)
Death of a brotherUlysses Wilburn Brown
May 1938 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 September 7, 1983 (Age 97 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Big Lick Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
James Lafayette Brown
Birth: April 4, 1864 34 35Tennessee, United States
Death: September 2, 1933Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
mother
Mary Temperance Selby
Birth: September 21, 1858 34 31Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 23, 1929Bearden, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1885
19 months
herself
Martha Lavada Brown
Birth: July 28, 1886 22 27Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 7, 1983Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Family with Derris “Dock” Hinch - View this family
husband
Derris “Dock” Hinch
Birth: May 30, 1890 31 28Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 1918Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
herself
Martha Lavada Brown
Birth: July 28, 1886 22 27Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 7, 1983Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: April 13, 1914Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
13 months
son
Roger Garland Hinch
Birth: May 9, 1915 24 28Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 30, 1993Gibson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son

Martha Lavada Brown has 33 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Brown - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Brown, James LheadWMApr186436M15TNTNTNFarmer
Brown, Mary TwifeWFSep185838M1522TNTNTN
Brown, VadadaughterWFJul188613STNTNTN
Brown, UlyssessonWMJul188811STNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Brown - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Brown, James LheadMW45M125TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Brown, Mary TwifeFW47M12522TNTNTN
Brown, LavadadaughterFW23STNTNTN
Brown, Ulysses WsonMW21STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm