The Shemwell Family

Dr. Samuel Hillman Cannady Jr.Age: 72 years18661939

Name
Dr. Samuel Hillman Cannady Jr.
Name prefix
Dr.
Given names
Samuel Hillman
Surname
Cannady
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth November 6, 1866 47 37
MarriageSarah “Sallie” DevinView this family
unknown

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 56 days)
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 56 days)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a motherMartha Kinchin Williams
October 16, 1868 (Age 23 months)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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
Census September 7, 1870 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Hockaday
January 4, 1875 (Age 8 years)
Marriage of a parentSamuel Hillman Cannady SrMartha A Sarah MorrisView this family
August 18, 1877 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-sisterHelen Cannady
July 31, 1878 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Wyatt Cannady
November 3, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Marriage of a parentSamuel Hillman Cannady SrMartha HarrisonView this family
December 16, 1886 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel Hillman Cannady Sr
March 12, 1888 (Age 21 years)
Probate July 10, 1889 (Age 22 years)
Note: Wake County Superior Court Probate Summons.
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Probate April 23, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Note: Samuel Hillman Cannady Jr is identified as the Executor of the Estate of his father, Samuel Hillman …
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 half-sisterHelen Cannady
November 18, 1925 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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 June 22, 1939 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 20, 1861North Carolina, United States
1 year
elder brother
John Wyatt Cannady
Birth: June 22, 1862 43 32North Carolina, United States
Death: November 3, 1880North Carolina, United States
4 years
himself
Dr. Samuel Hillman Cannady Jr.
Birth: November 6, 1866 47 37Harnett, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 22, 1939Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Mary Adeline Perry - View this family
father
step-mother
Mary Adeline Perry
Birth: about 1830North Carolina, United States
Death: August 20, 1852North Carolina, United States
Marriage: May 30, 1850Granville, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Martha A Sarah Morris - View this family
father
step-mother
Martha A Sarah Morris
Birth: August 23, 1848Granville, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 13, 1879North Carolina, United States
Marriage: August 18, 1877Granville, North Carolina, United States
11 months
half-sister
Helen Cannady
Birth: July 31, 1878 59 29Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 18, 1925Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Martha Harrison - View this family
father
step-mother
Martha Harrison
Birth: March 20, 1845Caswell, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 12, 1917North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 16, 1886Granville, North Carolina, United States
Family with Sarah “Sallie” Devin - View this family
himself
Dr. Samuel Hillman Cannady Jr.
Birth: November 6, 1866 47 37Harnett, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 22, 1939Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
wife
Sarah “Sallie” Devin
Birth: August 21, 1868 46 32Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 28, 1963Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:

Dr. Samuel Hillman Cannady Jr. has 7 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr - Household

Brassfield, Granville, North Carolina

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Cannady, Samuel Hhead50MWFarmerNC
Cannady, John Cson8SWNC
Cannady, Samuelson3SWNC
Nevel, Wyley24SWWorks on FarmNC

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr - Household

Brassfield, Granville, North Carolina

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Cannady, S HWM60headWdFarmerNCNCNC
Cannady, John WWM18sonSAt SchoolNCNCNC
Cannady, Samuel H JrWM14sonSAt SchoolNCNCNC
Cannady, HelenWF1daughterSNCNCNC
Walters, Wyatt AWM19nepherSAt SchoolNCNCNC

Probate
Wake County Superior Court Probate Summons.
Probate
Samuel Hillman Cannady Jr is identified as the Executor of the Estate of his father, Samuel Hillman Cannady Sr. This Probate Case was brought forth by the Estate against Defendants: ML Edwards, Sarah J Edwards (his wife), JB Perry, and GC Patterson. There were several Court documents and appearances from July 1889 through April 1900. The Court decided in favor of the Estate and ordered the Defendants to sell some land with the proceeds, plus other expenses, going to the Estate. The full Court proceedings can be found in Images 1 -> 60 in the source below.