The Shemwell Family

Paul H BrownAge: 14 years19151930

Name
Paul H Brown
Given names
Paul H
Surname
Brown
Birth September 23, 1915 27 18
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 months)

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 15 months)

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 2 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 7, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherCarl H Brown
December 18, 1921 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Temperance Selby
June 23, 1929 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 14 years)
Death June 11, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Cause of death: Drowning
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father
mother
Lillian Mae “Lillie” Matthews
Birth: May 20, 1897Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 1975Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage: about 1913
9 months
elder sister
Mildred Cora Brown
Birth: October 15, 1913 25 16Tennessee, United States
Death: April 11, 2007Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States
23 months
himself
Paul H Brown
Birth: September 23, 1915 27 18Tennessee, United States
Death: June 11, 1930Crossville, Crockett, Tennessee, United States
6 years
younger brother
Carl H Brown
Birth: December 18, 1921 33 24Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 29, 1987Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ulysses Wilburn Brown - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Brown, Ulysses WheadMW29MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Brown, LilliiewifeFW24MTNTNTN
Brown, MildreddaughterFW6STNTNTN
Brown, PaulsonMW4-9mSTNTNTN

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