The Shemwell Family

Xenia Catherine TollettAge: 78 years18861965

Name
Xenia Catherine Tollett
Given names
Xenia Catherine
Surname
Tollett
Married name
Xenia Catherine Webb
Birth August 30, 1886 37 30
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
MarriageJames Curtis WebbView this family
February 21, 1904 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Minnie Anne Webb
January 22, 1905 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Texas Ola Webb
September 13, 1906 (Age 20 years)
Death of a husbandJames Curtis Webb
February 2, 1907 (Age 20 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 motherMartha Jane Thurman
February 26, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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 28, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jack Doyle Webb
August 7, 1925 (Age 38 years)
MarriageNathan Sylvanous WebbView this family
calculated 1926 (Age 39 years)

Marriage of a childCharles W PittsMinnie Anne WebbView this family
calculated 1928 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a grandson
#2
Curtis Franklin Pitts
August 27, 1929 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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 25, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Harold Houston Belcher
September 18, 1931 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Billy Jean “Jeayne” Pitts
October 19, 1931 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Richard Wendell Belcher
May 9, 1933 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Jerry Webb Belcher
August 16, 1935 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Nathan Ralph Belcher
December 30, 1939 (Age 53 years)
Census May 19, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherSamual Washington Tollett
November 20, 1940 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 May 21, 1965 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Portales Cemetery
Identification number
K6M4-4DC
Type: FamilySearch

Family with parents - View this family
father
Samual Washington Tollett
Birth: January 22, 1849 24 28Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 20, 1940Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
mother
Martha Jane Thurman
Birth: October 9, 1855Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 26, 1918Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Marriage: December 4, 1873Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
13 years
herself
Xenia Catherine Tollett
Birth: August 30, 1886 37 30Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 21, 1965Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Family with James Curtis Webb - View this family
husband
James Curtis Webb
Birth: January 19, 1873 24 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 2, 1907Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Xenia Catherine Tollett
Birth: August 30, 1886 37 30Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 21, 1965Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Marriage: February 21, 1904Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
11 months
daughter
20 months
daughter
Family with Nathan Sylvanous Webb - View this family
husband
herself
Xenia Catherine Tollett
Birth: August 30, 1886 37 30Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 21, 1965Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Marriage: calculated 1926

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Xenia Catherine Tollett - Household

Inez, Roosevelt, New Mexico

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Webb, XeniaheadFW24Wd622TNTNTNFarmerOverseer
Webb, Minnie AdaughterFW5SOKTNTN
Webb, Ola TdaughterFW3STXTNTN

Next door to Nathan and Clinton

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Xenia Catherine Tollett - Household

Inez, Roosevelt, New Mexico

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Webb, XeniaheadFW34WdTNTNTNFarmerFarm
Webb, Minnie AdaughterFW15SOKTNTN
Webb, OladaughterFW13STXTNTN

Next door to Nathan. -b

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nathan Sylvanous Webb - Household

Inez, Roosevelt, New Mexico

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Webb, Nathan SheadMW46M32TNTNTNFarmerFarm
Webb, Xenia CwifeFW43M19TNTNTN
Pitts, Minnie P (Pitts scratched out)daughterFW24M22OKTNTN
Webb, OladaughterFW23STXTNTN

Next door to Xenia's father. -b

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Nathan Sylvanous Webb - Household

Inez, Roosevelt, New Mexico

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Webb, Nathan SheadMW57MTNSame PlaceFarmerStock Farm
Webb, Xenia CwifeFW53MTNSame Place
Webb, Jack Dgrand sonMW14STXSame Place
Pitts, Minnie AXdaughterFW33DOKSame Place
Pitts, Curtis Fgrand sonMW10SNMSame Place
Pitts, Billy Jgrand daughterFW8SNMSame Place
Tollett, Samual Wfather in lawMW92WdTNRRooseveltNM