The Shemwell Family

Claudius Grant NewmanAge: 68 years18621930

Name
Claudius Grant Newman
Given names
Claudius Grant
Surname
Newman
Birth December 4, 1862
MarriageIsabelle HaysView 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 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 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 daughter
#1
Lennie Belle Newman
September 22, 1892 (Age 29 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
Marriage of a childFrank Coleman LockeLennie Belle NewmanView this family
estimated 1907 (Age 44 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Carrie Marie Locke
March 27, 1908 (Age 45 years)
Death of a wifeIsabelle Hays
June 28, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Martha Belle Locke
November 4, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Curtis Grant Locke
March 21, 1913 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
James Franklin Locke
March 16, 1915 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#5
Richard Henry Locke
February 28, 1918 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 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 55 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/
Birth of a grandson
#6
Carl Alvin Locke Sr.
February 29, 1920 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Philip Wesley Locke
April 11, 1922 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Jonell Locke
August 3, 1925 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
William Durwood Locke
October 27, 1927 (Age 64 years)
Death of a grandsonWilliam Durwood Locke
May 29, 1928 (Age 65 years)
Cause: Influenza
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
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Odell Locke
November 28, 1929 (Age 66 years)
Death December 30, 1930 (Age 68 years)

Family with Isabelle Hays - View this family
himself
wife
Isabelle Hays
Birth: September 28, 1869Greensburg, Green, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 28, 1910Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
daughter

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