The Shemwell Family

Birth of a sister

Lenora Alice Durham
February 6, 1874 (Age 2 years)

Death of a maternal grandfather

John McGehee
about January 1875 (Age 3 years)

Note: Probate Court established Ann McGehee as the Administrator of John McGehee's estate on January 20, 1875. This would suggest he probably died sometime in January 1875.

Birth of a sister

Ollie A Durham
about 1876 (Age 4 years)

Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census

Birth of a sister

Iola Lee Durham
about 1878 (Age 6 years)

Union, Conway, Arkansas, United States

Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census

Historical Event

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever

Census

June 18, 1880 (Age 8 years)

Shared note: 1880 United States - Census transcript - William L Durham - Household

Birth of a brother

Samuel W Durham
October 19, 1880 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a sister

Myrtle Durham
November 1885 (Age 14 years)

Note: Birth date/place based on 1900 Census.

Birth of a sister

Vera Durham
June 28, 1891 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a son
#1

Jackson Durham
about January 1895 (Age 23 years)

Note: Birth info based on 1900 Census

Marriage

Nellie A Rainwater — View this family
September 29, 1895 (Age 24 years)

Death of a father

William L Durham
July 29, 1896 (Age 24 years)

Note: Document names Tennessee Durham (nee McGehee) as William's beneficiary.

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 years)

Cuba

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 1, 1900 (Age 28 years)

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - Savannah Commodore “SC” Durham - Household

Birth of a son
#2

Estelle Elmore “Elmo” Durham
June 7, 1900 (Age 28 years)

Death of a sister

Acland Durham
September 10, 1901 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a son
#3

Earl D Durham
about 1902 (Age 30 years)

Note: Birth date based on Ohio Death Index

Birth of a daughter
#4

Thelma Durham
July 13, 1902 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5

Naomi Durham
October 27, 1909 (Age 38 years)

Death of a son

Jackson Durham
before 1910 (Age 38 years)

Note: Was one of the deceased children referred to in the 1910 Census

Death of a sister

Myrtle Durham
before 1910 (Age 38 years)

Note: In the 1910 Census, her husband was listed as being a Widow

Census

April 15, 1910 (Age 38 years)

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Savannah Commodore “SC” Durham - Household

Birth of a son
#6

Burley Durham
June 5, 1912 (Age 40 years)

Bee Branch, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

Birth of a son
#7

Charles S Durham
August 28, 1916 (Age 44 years)

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 44 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1

Birth of a son
#8

Eugene Thomas Durham
October 3, 1917 (Age 46 years)

Death of a son

Eugene Thomas Durham
May 2, 1918 (Age 46 years)

Historical Event

World War I

between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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 46 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

September 13, 1918 (Age 46 years)