The Shemwell Family

Wiley Duncan1836

Name
Wiley Duncan
Given names
Wiley
Surname
Duncan
Also known as
Wiley Duncum
Birth about 1836 36 32
Note: Birth date/place based on 1850 Census
Birth of a sisterNancy Jane Duncan
May 9, 1838 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterCynthia Duncan
about 1838 (Age 2 years)
Note: Birth place/year based on 1850 Census
Census June 1, 1840 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Duncan
June 2, 1842 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMinerva Duncan
about 1844 (Age 8 years)
Note: Birth place/year based on 1850 Census
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas Duncan
before November 3, 1845 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherPhilip Duncan
about 1845 (Age 9 years)
Note: Died before 1850 Census
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Census October 28, 1850 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 1, 1860 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 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
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Duncan
about 1865 (Age 29 years)
Note: Sarah was listed in the 1860 Census; but, could not be found in the 1870 Census. Her youngest daughter, Lucinda, was shown in the 1870 Census living with Mary (sister) and John Black (Mary's husband). It is assumed that Sarah died sometime between the 1860 and 1870 Census.
Death of a brotherThomas F Duncan
about 1865 (Age 29 years)

Note: Assumed he died in the Civil War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 31 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 31 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 33 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 42 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherMary Elizabeth Crawford
about 1884 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 62 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 brotherJohn Arthur Bryan Duncan
July 4, 1912 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Jane Duncan
September 29, 1912 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 80 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 81 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 82 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 of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Duncan
June 12, 1922 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 93 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 105 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: October 25, 1821Grainger, Tennessee, United States
6 years
elder sister
22 months
elder brother
John Arthur Bryan Duncan
Birth: November 11, 1828 28 24Tennessee, United States
Death: July 4, 1912Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
Sarah Elizabeth Duncan
Birth: about 1832 32 28Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1865Crawford, Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder brother
4 years
himself
2 years
younger sister
8 months
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Martha Elizabeth Duncan
Birth: June 2, 1842 42 38Tennessee, United States
Death: June 12, 1922Dallas, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister

Wiley Duncan has 14 first cousins recorded

Father's family (14)

Parents Benjamin Duncan + Vita “Lucy” Fortner
1Harriet Duncan18231912
2Anna E Duncan18261851
3Daisy Duncan18281871
4Ganum Duncan18281911
5Cannon Duncan18301918
6Isaac Duncan18331877
8Pharoah Duncan18401871
10Jasper Duncan18411925
12Cordelia Duncan18491871
13Louisa Duncan1850

Mother's family (0)

Birth
Birth date/place based on 1850 Census
Census1840 United States - Census transcript - Philip Duncan - Household

Knox, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexM0M5M10M15M20M30M40M50M60M70M80M90M100F0F5F10F15F20F30F40F50F60F70F80F90F100M0M10M24M36M55M100F0F10F24F36F55F100
Philip Duncanhead40M1
Mary Elizabeth Duncanwife36F1
Eliza Duncandaughter13F1
John Arthur Bryan Duncanson11M1
Sarah Elizabeth Duncandaughter8F1
Thomas F Duncanson7M1
Wiley Duncanson4M1
Nancy Jane Duncandaughter2F1
Cynthia Duncandaughter2F1
Unknown #1?15-20M1
Unknown #2?15-20M1

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Crawford - Household

Butler, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Mary Duncanhead46FWNC1
Eliza Duncandaughter23FWTN1
Thomas Duncanson17MWFarmerTN1
Wiley Duncanson14MWTN1
Cintha Duncandaughter12FWTN1
Nancy Jane Duncandaughter10FWTN1
Martha Duncandaughter8FWTN1
Minerva Duncandaughter6FWTN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Wiley Duncan - Household

District 1, Butler, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Wiley Duncanhead24MWFarmer350TN
Mary Duncanmother56FWHousekeeperNC
Cyntha Duncansister22FWTN
Nancy J Duncansister20FWTN
Martha Duncansister18FWTN