The Shemwell Family

Mary Jane “Janie” HicksAge: 88 years18681956

Name
Mary Jane “Janie” Hicks
Given names
Mary Jane
Surname
Hicks
Nickname
Janie
Married name
Mary Jane Bryant
Birth April 26, 1868 28 28
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 months)

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
Birth of a sisterCamilla Quintina “Tinie” Hicks
April 1, 1870 (Age 23 months)

Census August 27, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterJohanna Hicks
April 15, 1873 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Winston Hicks
June 7, 1877 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 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 sisterSusannah R Hicks
January 9, 1879 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin B Hicks
March 12, 1879 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterSusannah R Hicks
June 12, 1879 (Age 11 years)
Census June 30, 1880 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin B Hicks
September 26, 1882 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMichael B Freeman
August 6, 1886 (Age 18 years)
MarriageBloomfield BryantView this family
1892 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Mabel K Bryant
September 1892 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Ophelia Bryant
January 1897 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
Census June 11, 1900 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Virginia Stewart Bryant
December 19, 1900 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Horace Bryant
1903 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherLouisa Emaline Freeman
December 21, 1905 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Emily Bryant
1908 (Age 39 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 5, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Franklin Hicks
August 6, 1923 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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 8, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandBloomfield Bryant
May 13, 1932 (Age 64 years)
Cause: heart attack
Death of a sisterCamilla Quintina “Tinie” Hicks
December 11, 1933 (Age 65 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a brotherWilliam Winston Hicks
August 6, 1954 (Age 86 years)
Death of a sisterJohanna Hicks
January 21, 1956 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 September 1, 1956 (Age 88 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1866Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
2 years
herself
Mary Jane “Janie” Hicks
Birth: April 26, 1868 28 28Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 1, 1956Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
23 months
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Johanna Hicks
Birth: April 15, 1873 33 33Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 21, 1956Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
William Winston Hicks
Birth: June 7, 1877 37 37North Carolina, United States
Death: August 6, 1954Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
19 months
younger sister
Susannah R Hicks
Birth: January 9, 1879 38 39Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 12, 1879Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
2 months
younger brother
Benjamin B Hicks
Birth: March 12, 1879 39 39North Carolina, United States
Death: September 26, 1882Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Family with Bloomfield Bryant - View this family
husband
Bloomfield Bryant
Birth: October 21, 1860Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Death: May 13, 1932Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
herself
Mary Jane “Janie” Hicks
Birth: April 26, 1868 28 28Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 1, 1956Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Marriage: 1892
9 months
daughter
4 years
daughter
Ophelia Bryant
Birth: January 1897 36 28South Carolina, United States
Death:
4 years
daughter
Virginia Stewart Bryant
Birth: December 19, 1900 40 32Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
son
Horace Bryant
Birth: 1903 42 34Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Death:
6 years
daughter
Emily Bryant
Birth: 1908 47 39Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Death:

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Hicks - Household

Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hicks, Benjaminhead30MWfarmerNC
Hicks, Louisa wife30FWNC
Hicks, Mary Jdaughter2FWNC
Hicks, Marahdaughter2 monthsFWNCApr

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Hicks - Household

Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hicks, Benj FWM40headMfarmerNCNCNC
Hicks, Louisa EWF40wifeMNCNCNC
Hicks, Mary J MWF12daughterSNCNCNC
Hicks, Quintina CWF10daughterSNCNCNC
Hicks, Johnie FWF7daughterSNCNCNC
Hicks, William WWM3sonSNCNCNC
Hicks, Benjamin BWM6 monthssonSNCNCNC

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Bloomfield Bryant - Household

Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Bryant, BloomfieldheadWMOct186039M8SCSCSCfarmer
Bryant, JaniewifeWFApr186832M832NCNCNC
Bryant, Mabel KdaughterWFSep18927SSCSCNC
Bryant, OpheliadaughterWFJan18973SSCSCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Bloomfield Bryant - Household

Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Bryant, BloomfieldheadMW49M18SCSCSCmail carrierrural
Hicks, Janie HwifeFW41M1865NCNCNC
Bryant, Mabel HdaughterFW17SSCSCNC
Bryant, OpheliadaughterFW13SSCSCNC
Bryant, VirginiadaughterFW9SSCSCNC
Bryant, HoracesonMW7SSCSCNC
Bryant, EmilydaughterFW2SSCSCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bloomfield Bryant - Household

Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Bryant, BloomfieldheadMW60MSCSCSCrural carrierUS post office
Bryant, Janie HwifeFW51MNCNCNC
Bryant, Virginia SdaughterFW19SSCSCNC
Bryant, Horace BsonMW16SSCSCNC
Bryant, Emily CdaughterFW12SSCSCNC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Bloomfield Bryant - Household

Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Bryant, BloomfieldheadMW69M31SCSCSC
Bryant, Janie HwifeFW61M23NCNCNC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Mary Jane “Janie” Hicks - Household

Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hicks, Mary JheadFW71WdNC