The Shemwell Family

Helen CannadyAge: 47 years18781925

Name
Helen Cannady
Given names
Helen
Surname
Cannady
Married name
Helen Hall
Birth July 31, 1878 59 29
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherMartha A Sarah Morris
December 13, 1879 (Age 16 months)
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 22 months)
Death of a half-brotherJohn Wyatt Cannady
November 3, 1880 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentSamuel Hillman Cannady SrMartha HarrisonView this family
December 16, 1886 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel Hillman Cannady Sr
March 12, 1888 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 November 18, 1925 (Age 47 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
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
herself
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 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 Kinchin Williams - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: June 20, 1861North Carolina, United States
1 year
half-brother
John Wyatt Cannady
Birth: June 22, 1862 43 32North Carolina, United States
Death: November 3, 1880North Carolina, United States
4 years
half-brother
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 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

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