The Shemwell Family

Mary Frances PattonAge: 82 years18621945

Name
Mary Frances Patton
Given names
Mary Frances
Surname
Patton
Married name
Mary Frances Hicks
Birth August 25, 1862
MarriageJohn Crawford HicksView this family
unknown

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 4 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 4 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 6 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 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
Vesta Isabel Hicks
May 21, 1882 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
Marriage of a childLemuel Franklin YoungVesta Isabel HicksView this family
October 21, 1903 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
David Crawford Young
July 15, 1905 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Mary Frances Young
September 15, 1907 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 husbandJohn Crawford Hicks
May 16, 1928 (Age 65 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 67 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
Death February 9, 1945 (Age 82 years)
Family with John Crawford Hicks - View this family
husband
John Crawford Hicks
Birth: April 29, 1849Madisonville, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 16, 1928Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
herself
Mary Frances Patton
Birth: August 25, 1862Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 9, 1945Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Vesta Isabel Hicks
Birth: May 21, 1882 33 19Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 29, 1951Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel Franklin Young - Household

259 Stoner Avenue Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Young, L FheadMW57M32MOMOMOLand & Timber AgentEdenboren? Estate
Young, VestawifeFW47M22TNTNNC
Young, Mary FrancisdaughterFW22SLAMOTNTeacherCentenay? College
Hicks, Marymother in lawFW65WdNCVANC