The Shemwell Family

Mary BainAge: 93 years18531947

Name
Mary Bain
Given names
Mary
Surname
Bain
Married name
Mary Carrick
Birth October 20, 1853
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 years)

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 13 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 13 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 15 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 24 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Religious marriageThomas CarrickView this family
January 28, 1880 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jeter Bain Carrick
February 10, 1881 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sonJeter Bain Carrick
February 8, 1883 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Bright Carrick
August 1, 1884 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Steven Carrick
February 1887 (Age 33 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Doak B “Dee” Carrick
December 1888 (Age 35 years)

Birth of a son
#5
Carey W Carrick
July 1893 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 46 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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 February 5, 1920 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 75 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 18, 1930 (Age 76 years)
Death of a husbandThomas Carrick
May 22, 1935 (Age 81 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 88 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 92 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 January 21, 1947 (Age 93 years)
Family with Thomas Carrick - View this family
husband
Thomas Carrick
Birth: April 11, 1850 36 22Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 22, 1935High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
herself
Mary Bain
Birth: October 20, 1853Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 21, 1947High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: January 28, 1880High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
1 year
son
Jeter Bain Carrick
Birth: February 10, 1881 30 27High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 8, 1883High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
4 years
son
Thomas Bright Carrick
Birth: August 1, 1884 34 30North Carolina, United States
Death: March 29, 1975Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
23 months
son
5 years
son

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Carrick - Household

High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Carrick, ThomasheadWMApr185050M20NCNCNCpreacher
Carrick, Mary HwifeWFOct185346M2044NCNCNC
Carrick, ThomassonWMAug188514SNCNCNC
Carrick, Mary SdaughterWFFeb188713SNCNCNC
Carrick, Doak BsonWMDec188811SNCNCNC
Carrick, Carey WsonWMJul18936SNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Carrick - Household

High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carrick, ThomasheadMW60M30NCNCNCministerBaptist
Carrick, Mary BainwifeFW56M3054NCNCNCteacherhigh school
Carrick, Mary StephaniedaughterFW22SNCNC
Carrick, Dee BsonMW21SNCNC
Carrick, Carey WsonMW16SNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Carrick - Household

High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Carrick, ThomasheadMW68MNCNCNCMinisterChurch
Carrick, MarywifeFW65MNCVANC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Carrick - Household

High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carrick, ThomasheadMW79M29NCNCNCpastorBaptist
Carrick, Mary BwifeFW76M26NCVACA

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Mary Bain - Household

High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carrick, Doak BheadFW51SNCproprietorservice station
Carrick, MaryheadFW86WdNC