The Shemwell Family

Sallie T MatlockAge: 73 years18691942

Name
Sallie T Matlock
Given names
Sallie T
Surname
Matlock
Married name
Sallie T Jackson
Birth March 6, 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageAndrew C “Andy” JacksonView this family
May 4, 1887 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Jackson
August 30, 1890 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 April 19, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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/
Marriage of a childJohn JacksonMyrtle Mae AutreyView this family
about 1919 (Age 49 years)
Census January 26, 1920 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Louie Caldwell Jackson
October 31, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Lewis Andrew Jackson
December 15, 1923 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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
Marriage of a childJohn JacksonMyrtle Mae AutreyView this family
after 1931 (Age 61 years)

Note: Myrtle Mae Autrey second marriage with John Jackson
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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 May 6, 1942 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Burns Cemetery
Family with Andrew C “Andy” Jackson - View this family
husband
herself
Sallie T Matlock
Birth: March 6, 1869Mississippi, United States
Death: May 6, 1942Fannin, Texas, United States
Marriage: May 4, 1887Fannin, Texas, United States
3 years
son
John Jackson
Birth: August 30, 1890 51 21Texas, United States
Death: February 28, 1966Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States
Andrew C “Andy” Jackson + Sarah Elizabeth Eastman - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: February 7, 1860Fannin, Texas, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Andrew C “Andy” Jackson - Household

Jeter, Chocktaw, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Jackson, Andrew CheadMW71M22162ARMOEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesOMF
Jackson, Sallie TwifeFW31M121ALDon't KnowDon't KnowEnglishNoneYesNo
Jackson, JohnsonMW21STXARTXEnglishFarming LaborerHome FarmWNo0YesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Jackson - Household

Baulkner and Blossom Road Lamar, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Jackson, JohnheadMW30MTXARTXFarmerGeneral Farm
Jackson, Myrtle MwifeFW18MTXARAR
Jackson, Andrew CfatherMW81MARKYAR
Jackson, Sallie Tstep motherFW50MMSALAL
Matlock, James Dstep grand fatherMW84WDALNCSC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Jackson - Household

North Pearl Street Trenton, Fannin, Texas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Jackson, JohnXheadMW49MTXSame PlaceLaborerWPA Road Project
Jackson, MyrtlewifeFW39MTXSame Place
Jackson, LouiesonMW19STXSame Place
Jackson, LewissonMW16STXSame Place
Jackson, Vera MaydaughterFW12STXSame Place
Jackson, ChristinedaughterFW10STXSame Place
Jackson, Salliegrand motherFW70WdMSSame Place

Census says kids are Jacksons and sons & daughters but I think they are all Holley's. -b