The Shemwell Family

Jacob Riley CarltonAge: 26 years18951922

Name
Jacob Riley Carlton
Given names
Jacob Riley
Surname
Carlton
Birth April 27, 1895 37 41
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 maternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 sisterMary Malinda Carlton
about 1917 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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 March 19, 1922 (Age 26 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1877
-14 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
23 months
elder sister
Celia Elizabeth Carlton
Birth: September 13, 1880 22 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 18, 1929Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Homer Arthur Carlton
Birth: October 4, 1883 25 30
Death: November 20, 1980Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
16 months
elder sister
Martha Rebecca Carlton
Birth: January 20, 1885 26 31North Carolina, United States
Death: March 18, 1979Charlotte, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder brother
Finley Patterson Carlton
Birth: January 6, 1888 29 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 2, 1970Burke, North Carolina, United States
7 years
himself
Jacob Riley Carlton
Birth: April 27, 1895 37 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 19, 1922Caldwell, North Carolina, United States