The Shemwell Family

William Henry HendrixAge: 47 years18781926

Name
William Henry Hendrix
Given names
William Henry
Surname
Hendrix
Birth October 3, 1878

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageCarrie Mae SennView this family
August 2, 1903 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 August 4, 1926 (Age 47 years)
Family with Carrie Mae Senn - View this family
himself
wife
Carrie Mae Senn
Birth: January 23, 1879 23 20Floyd, Newberry, South Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 1955Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States
Marriage: August 2, 1903Newberry, South Carolina, United States

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