The Shemwell Family

William B Nooe1859

Name
William B Nooe
Given names
William B
Surname
Nooe
Birth 1859 35 20
Census June 28, 1860 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterJulia “Texie” Nooe
January 8, 1862 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Edward Nooe
March 6, 1864 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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
Birth of a sisterSallie Lee Nooe
October 3, 1865 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Ally Nooe
1867 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 8 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 8 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterCarey Nooe
1869 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 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
Birth of a brotherJohn F Nooe
1872 (Age 13 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Nooe
May 19, 1873 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentJoseph Preston ShieldsSarah Martha VannoyView this family
1875 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-sisterJosie E Shields
1876 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 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 half-brotherDavid R Shields
May 1880 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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
Death of a motherSarah Martha Vannoy
February 12, 1905 (Age 46 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Edward Nooe
March 21, 1907 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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
Death of a sisterJulia “Texie” Nooe
July 31, 1934 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterSallie Lee Nooe
January 9, 1940 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 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 91 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 87 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1857North Carolina, United States
3 years
himself
William B Nooe
Birth: 1859 35 20Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Julia “Texie” Nooe
Birth: January 8, 1862 38 23Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 31, 1934Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Robert Edward Nooe
Birth: March 6, 1864 40 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 21, 1907Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
19 months
younger sister
Sallie Lee Nooe
Birth: October 3, 1865 41 27Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 9, 1940Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
John F Nooe
Birth: 1872 48 33Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death:
Mother’s family with Joseph Preston Shields - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: 1875North Carolina, United States
2 years
half-sister
4 years
half-brother

William B Nooe has 34 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John Noah - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John Noahhead40MWgrocery keeperNC
Sarah Martha Noahhead23FWNC
William B Noahson1MWNC