The Shemwell Family

Sara Elizabeth BrownAge: 86 years18571944

Name
Sara Elizabeth Brown
Given names
Sara Elizabeth
Surname
Brown
Married name
Sara Elizabeth Tollett
Birth April 7, 1857 27 29
MarriageFrank TollettView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherJames Lafayette Brown
April 4, 1864 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 20 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 12, 1900 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 motherEmily E Miller
February 15, 1919 (Age 61 years)
Death of a fatherJesse Walker Brown
March 2, 1924 (Age 66 years)
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
Census April 9, 1930 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherJames Lafayette Brown
September 2, 1933 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 84 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
Death February 2, 1944 (Age 86 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Emily E Miller
Birth: April 7, 1828Tennessee, United States
Death: February 15, 1919Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
herself
Sara Elizabeth Brown
Birth: April 7, 1857 27 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 2, 1944Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
7 years
younger brother
James Lafayette Brown
Birth: April 4, 1864 34 35Tennessee, United States
Death: September 2, 1933Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Frank Tollett - View this family
husband
herself
Sara Elizabeth Brown
Birth: April 7, 1857 27 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 2, 1944Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Brown - Household

Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Brown, James LheadMW66Wd20TNTNTNDraymanOdd hauling
Brown, UlyssessonMW40D23TNTNTNLaborerOdd Jobs
Brown, Paul Hgrand sonMW13STNTNTN
Brown, Carl Hgrand sonMW8STNTNTN
Tollett, Sara Eelder sisterFW72WdTNTNTN