The Shemwell Family

Angeline “Annie” HenleyAge: 85 years18611947

Name
Angeline “Annie” Henley
Given names
Angeline
Surname
Henley
Married name
Angeline Lancaster
Nickname
Annie
Birth December 9, 1861
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 5 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 5 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 7 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
Religious marriageNelson Alexander LancasterView this family
December 26, 1878 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 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 daughter
#1
Nettie B Lancaster
October 1879 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Hettie May Lancaster
May 1881 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#3
George Walter Lancaster
December 1884 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Herschel Gerome Lancaster
November 1888 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Berlin Q Lancaster
March 1897 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 23, 1900 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Norman Franklin Lancaster
September 14, 1908 (Age 46 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 31, 1920 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 67 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 15, 1930 (Age 68 years)
Death of a husbandNelson Alexander Lancaster
June 23, 1938 (Age 76 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 84 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 November 3, 1947 (Age 85 years)
Family with Nelson Alexander Lancaster - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 26, 1878Crockett, Tennessee, United States
10 months
daughter
20 months
daughter
Hettie May Lancaster
Birth: May 1881 28 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
4 years
son
4 years
son
Herschel Gerome Lancaster
Birth: November 1888 35 26Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
8 years
son
Berlin Q Lancaster
Birth: March 1897 43 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household

Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Lancaster, Nelson AheadWMApr185347M20TNTNTNfarmer
Lancaster, AnniewifeWFDec186138M2055TNTNTN
Lancaster, Nettie BdaughterWFOct187920STNTNTN
Lancaster, Hettie MdaughterWFMay188119STNTNTN
Lancaster, George WsonWMDec188514STNTNTNfarm laborer
Lancaster, Herschel GsonWMNov188811STNTNTNfarm laborer
Lancaster, Berlin QsonWMMar18973STNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Lankaster, Nelson AheadMW57M131TNTNTNfarmer
Lankcaster, AnniewifeFW49M13155TNTNTN
Lankaster, MaydaughterFW28STNTNTN
Lankaster, JeromesonMW21STNTNTNfarmer
Lankaster, BerlandsonMW13STNTNTNfarmer

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household

Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lancaster, NelsonheadMW67MTNTNTNfarmer
Lancaster, AnniewifeFW55MTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lancaster, N AheadMW77M27TNTNTNfarmer
Lancaster, AnniewifeFW69M19TNTNTN
Lancaster, NormangrandsonMW21STNTNTNlaborerfarm