The Shemwell Family

William Harrison MillerAge: 76 years18651941

Name
William Harrison Miller
Given names
William Harrison
Surname
Miller
Birth January 20, 1865 35 29
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 23 months)
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 23 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterCornelia Miller
July 26, 1868 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherSolomon Columbus Miller
July 26, 1868 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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
Death of a sisterNancy J Miller
before 1870 (Age 4 years)

Death of a sisterMartha A Miller
before 1870 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a sisterRebecca Lucinda Miller
May 8, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth “Betsey” Miller
July 5, 1871 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Miller
about 1872 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherGreene Benjamin Miller
December 15, 1873 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterNicey Miller
about 1876 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherFestus Miller
about 1878 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 years)

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 brotherAmos Miller
before 1880 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a sisterMary Margaret “Maggie” Miller
September 19, 1880 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherCalvin C Miller
May 21, 1893 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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
Death of a sisterCornelia Miller
before 1900 (Age 34 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Miller
before 1900 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sisterNicey Miller
before 1900 (Age 34 years)
Death of a brotherFestus Miller
before 1900 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherCamilla C Greene
February 23, 1917 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 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 52 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 sisterMary Tamer Miller
August 12, 1919 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherSolomon Columbus Miller
October 13, 1926 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 64 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 of a brotherMarcus Demaris Miller
June 14, 1931 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth “Betsey” Miller
February 22, 1936 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac C Miller
June 4, 1936 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Calvin Miller
October 9, 1936 (Age 71 years)
Death July 9, 1941 (Age 76 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1851
17 months
elder brother
Thomas Calvin Miller
Birth: May 26, 1852 22 17Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 9, 1936Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Marcus Demaris Miller
Birth: June 24, 1854 24 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 14, 1931Watauga, North Carolina, United States
14 months
elder sister
Nancy J Miller
Birth: August 27, 1855 25 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1870
16 months
elder brother
Isaac C Miller
Birth: December 16, 1856 26 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 4, 1936Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Martha A Miller
Birth: about 1859 29 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1870
2 years
elder brother
Amos Miller
Birth: about 1860 30 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1880
9 months
elder sister
Mary Tamer Miller
Birth: September 16, 1860 30 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 12, 1919Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
himself
William Harrison Miller
Birth: January 20, 1865 35 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 9, 1941Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Cornelia Miller
Birth: July 26, 1868 38 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
younger brother
Solomon Columbus Miller
Birth: July 26, 1868 38 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 13, 1926Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
younger sister
14 months
younger sister
Elizabeth “Betsey” Miller
Birth: July 5, 1871 41 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 22, 1936Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
18 months
younger brother
Joseph Miller
Birth: about 1872 42 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
younger brother
Greene Benjamin Miller
Birth: December 15, 1873 43 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 11, 1948Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Nicey Miller
Birth: about 1876 46 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Festus Miller
Birth: about 1878 48 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Margaret “Maggie” Miller
Birth: September 19, 1880 50 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 20, 1961Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States