The Shemwell Family

Bloomfield BryantAge: 71 years18601932

Name
Bloomfield Bryant
Given names
Bloomfield
Surname
Bryant
Birth October 21, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMary Jane “Janie” HicksView this family
1892 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Mabel K Bryant
September 1892 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Ophelia Bryant
January 1897 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Virginia Stewart Bryant
December 19, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Horace Bryant
1903 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Emily Bryant
1908 (Age 47 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 68 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 69 years)
Death May 13, 1932 (Age 71 years)
Cause of death: heart attack
Family with Mary Jane “Janie” Hicks - View this family
himself
Bloomfield Bryant
Birth: October 21, 1860Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Death: May 13, 1932Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
wife
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:

No family available

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