The Shemwell Family

Lena Etna WebbAge: 75 years19021978

Name
Lena Etna Webb
Given names
Lena Etna
Surname
Webb
Married name
Lena Etna Commers
Birth June 23, 1902 25 22
Birth of a brotherClifford T Webb
March 14, 1904 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a brotherJohn Everett Webb
November 30, 1905 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Ella Webb
September 19, 1908 (Age 6 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAda Amy Webb
November 10, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary C Norris
December 22, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterCarrie Lucille Webb
July 15, 1914 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 12, 1920 (Age 17 years)
MarriageJohn Wesley CommersView this family
February 29, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Meigs Commers
February 20, 1921 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a sisterJewell Maureen Webb
July 27, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Reba Commers
December 20, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Horace Marvin Commers
December 10, 1925 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherClifford T Webb
December 6, 1926 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 9, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Wesley Croft
April 2, 1931 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Tennesse Orme
December 3, 1934 (Age 32 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLloyd Walker Webb
August 2, 1935 (Age 33 years)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Death of a sonJohn Meigs Commers
August 9, 1942 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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
Death of a motherLouia Belle Croft
September 6, 1945 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Thomas Commers
September 3, 1947 (Age 45 years)
Death of a grandsonThomas Commers
September 4, 1947 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Stephen M Commers
February 11, 1951 (Age 48 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a fatherWilliam Harm Webb
July 22, 1956 (Age 54 years)
Death of a grandsonStephen M Commers
June 3, 1972 (Age 69 years)

Death of a husbandJohn Wesley Commers
August 15, 1972 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 April 1978 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Garner Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1901
18 months
herself
Lena Etna Webb
Birth: June 23, 1902 25 22Biglick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1978Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
21 months
younger brother
Clifford T Webb
Birth: March 14, 1904 27 23Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 6, 1926Dolton, Cook, Illinois, United States
21 months
younger brother
John Everett Webb
Birth: November 30, 1905 29 25Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 25, 1988Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Ella Webb
Birth: September 19, 1908 31 28Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 23, 1992Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ada Amy Webb
Birth: November 10, 1910 34 30Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 1986Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Carrie Lucille Webb
Birth: July 15, 1914 37 34Tennessee, United States
Death: May 3, 1994Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States
8 years
younger sister
Jewell Maureen Webb
Birth: July 27, 1922 45 42Tennessee, United States
Death: January 11, 1998Greenfield, Highland, Ohio, United States
Family with John Wesley Commers - View this family
husband
John Wesley Commers
Birth: September 22, 1895Winchester Springs, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1972Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
herself
Lena Etna Webb
Birth: June 23, 1902 25 22Biglick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1978Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: February 29, 1920Franklin, Tennessee, United States
1 year
son
John Meigs Commers
Birth: February 20, 1921 25 18Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 9, 1942Fort William Mckinley, Manila, Philippines
22 months
daughter
Reba Commers
Birth: December 20, 1922 27 20Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1986Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Horace Marvin Commers
Birth: December 10, 1925 30 23Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 23, 2003Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

Lena Etna Webb has 11 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Harm Webb - Household

Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Webb, HiramheadMW34M110TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Webb, LouiawifeFW29M11044TNTNTN
Webb, LenadaughterFW7STNTNTN
Webb, CliffordsonMW6STNTNTN
Webb, EverettsonMW4STNTNTN
Webb, ElladaughterFW1-6mSKSTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Harm Webb - Household

Franklin, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Webb, William HheadMW43MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Webb, LouiawifeFW39MTNTNTN
Webb, LenadaughterFW17STNTNTN
Webb, CliffordsonMW15STNTNTNLaborerFarm
Webb, EverettsonMW14STNTNTN
Webb, ElladaughterFW11STNTNTN
Webb, AdadaughterFW9STNTNTN
Webb, LucilledaughterFW5STNTNTN
Croft, John Wfather in lawMW67WdTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Commers - Household

Jackson Road Franklin, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Commers, JohnheadMW33M23TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Commers, LenawifeFW28M18TNTNTN
Commers, MeigssonMW9STNTNTN
Commers, RebadaughterFW7MTNTNTN
Commers, MarvinsonMW4-1mMTNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Commers - Household

Franklin, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Commers, J WheadMW47MTNSame HouseFarmerFarm
Commers, LenawifeFW38MTNSame House
Commers, MeigssonMW19STNSame House
Commers, RebadaughterFW17STNSame House
Commers, MarvinsonMW14STNSame House