The Shemwell Family

Obie Reed WilliamsAge: 74 years18751949

Name
Obie Reed Williams
Given names
Obie Reed
Surname
Williams
Birth 1875
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 23 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
MarriageAnna Louise “Dolly” WhitlowView this family
October 6, 1901 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Walker Williams
June 30, 1902 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Reed “Tommie” Williams
1905 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Marie Williams
1907 (Age 32 years)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WWI Draft Registration
September 12, 1918 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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 sonThomas Reed “Tommie” Williams
1922 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childAlex GrahamMarie WilliamsView this family
April 11, 1925 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Rodney Gwynn Williams
March 24, 1927 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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 grandson
#2
Thomas Lee “Tommy” Williams
March 3, 1932 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 of a wifeAnna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow
July 1, 1946 (Age 71 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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 1949 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park
Family with Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 6, 1901Cooper, Missouri, United States
9 months
son
4 years
son
Thomas Reed “Tommie” Williams
Birth: 1905 30 19Kansas, United States
Death: 1922Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Obie Reed Williams - Household

441 9th Street Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Williams, Obie RheadMW34M9MOKYKYForemanCement Plant
Williams, DolliewifeFW24M933MOMOMO
Williams, WalkersonMW7SMOMOMO
Williams, ThomassonMW5SKSMOMO
Williams, MariedaughterFW3SKSMOMO