The Shemwell Family

Myrtle Mayfield1878

Name
Myrtle Mayfield
Given names
Myrtle
Surname
Mayfield
Married name
Myrtle Lee
Birth March 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageAlfred Tinsley LeeView this family
1898 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ethyle May Lee
December 1899 (Age 21 years)
Census June 16, 1900 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nina M Lee
1902 (Age 23 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 January 26, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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 16, 1930 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 71 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
Death of a husbandAlfred Tinsley Lee
June 17, 1959 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 Alfred Tinsley Lee - View this family
husband
Alfred Tinsley Lee
Birth: September 12, 1871 32 32Kentucky, United States
Death: June 17, 1959Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: 1898
2 years
daughter
3 years
daughter

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Tinsley Lee - Household

Logan, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Lee, Alfred TheadWMSep187128M2KYKYKYfarmer
Lee, Mrytie AwifeWFMar187822M211KYVAKY
Lee, Ethel MdaughterWFDec18995 monthsSKYKYKY
Lee, John WbrotherWMOct187326SKYKYKYfarmer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Tinsley Lee - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Lee, Alfred TheadMW37M11KYKYKYfarmer
Lee, MyrtlewifeFW32M1122KYKYKY
Lee, Ethel MdaughterFW10SKYKYKY
Lee, Nina MdaughterFW8SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Tinsley Lee - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lee, Alfred TheadMW48MKYKYKYfarmer
Lee, MyrtlewifeFW41MKYKYKY
Lee, Nina LdaughterFW18SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Tinsley Lee - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lee, Alfred TheadMW58M27KYKYKYfarmer
Lee, Myrtle AwifeFW51M20KYKYKY
Oakes, Ethel MdaughterFW28M18KYKYKY
Oakes, Thomas Mson in lawMW34M22KYKYKYhelperfarm
Oakes, Charles TgrandsonMW10SKYKYKY
Oakes, William TgrandsonMW6SKYKYKY
Oakes, Sarah LgranddaughterFW4SKYKYKY
Oakes, James LgrandsonMW6 monthsSKYKYKY