The Shemwell Family

Mary E Lee1863

Name
Mary E Lee
Given names
Mary E
Surname
Lee
Married name
Mary E Hyden
Birth September 12, 1863 34 35
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 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 3 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherRussel Curt Lee Sr.
September 15, 1869 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 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
Census August 22, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherBluford Lee
about 1871 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Lee
after 1870 (Age 6 years)

Death of a brotherJohn A Lee
October 24, 1876 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageBenjamin Franklin HydenView this family
February 26, 1879 (Age 15 years)
Death of a sisterMatilda A “Tilda” Lee
October 1879 (Age 16 years)
Cause: Consumption
Death of a sisterNancy Jane Lee
July 3, 1883 (Age 19 years)
Death of a husbandBenjamin Franklin Hyden
1892 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 fatherRussell Lee
March 29, 1906 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann “Pollie” Hinch
May 1, 1911 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 Caroline Lee
June 12, 1923 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 66 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 78 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 of a brotherRussel Curt Lee Sr.
December 16, 1947 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 86 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 82 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: about 1849
13 months
elder brother
John A Lee
Birth: February 1, 1850 20 21Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 24, 1876Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Matilda A “Tilda” Lee
Birth: about 1852 22 23Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1879Bradley, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Robert Lee
Birth: about 1857 27 28Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1870
2 years
elder sister
4 years
herself
6 years
younger brother
Russel Curt Lee Sr.
Birth: September 15, 1869 40 41Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 16, 1947Ooltewah, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Bluford Lee
Birth: about 1871 41 42Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Family with Benjamin Franklin Hyden - View this family
husband
Benjamin Franklin Hyden
Birth: June 26, 1857Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1892Linwood, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
herself
Marriage: February 26, 1879Bradley, Tennessee, United States

Mary E Lee has 46 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (46)

Parents William Hinch + Annie Malinda Sherrill
1James Nathan Hinch18481929
2Craven Hinch18491928
3Mary Ann Hinch18501879
4John O Hinch18521936
6Thomas Hinch18581907
7Charles Hinch18601900
8Nancy Hinch18641910
9Samuel C Hinch18671906
Parents James Nathaniel Hinch + Mary Gillett
1Nancy A Hinch18511856
2John A Hinch18531856
3Thomas R Hinch18551883
4Aaron Hinch18571857
5James H Hinch18581885
7Alonzo A Hinch18601880
Parents James Nathaniel Hinch + Nancy Hamby
1Nathan Hinch18661867
2Euginea Hinch18671868
Parents John Curtis Hinch + Martha Caroline Parham
1John Harmon Hinch18621946
2Emily B Hinch18641956
3Anna Jane Hinch18661948
4Issac C Hinch18691888
5Gaither Ely Hinch18701943
6Elizabeth Hinch18751961
7James Virgil Hinch18771889
8Addie Hinch18791885
Parents John Curtis Hinch + Lily Ann Ford
2Harry Ford Hinch18921985
3Robert Lyle Hinch18951957
Parents Thomas Hall + Nancy Jane Hinch
1John Marshall Hall18591918
3Martha Louise Hall18671969
7Abbie Mae Hall18791969
8Stella Emma Hall18831976
Parents James Audley “Ed” Skillern + Rebecca Caroline “Callie” Hinch
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Russell Lee - Household

Bradley, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Lee, Rhead44MWFarmerTN
Lee, Mary Awife39FWKeeping HouseTN
Lee, John Ason20MWFarm HandTN
Lee, Matilda Adaughter18FWTN
Lee, Nancy Jdaughter16FWTN
Lee, Robertson14MWFarm HandTN
Lee, Martha Cdaughter12FWTN
Lee, Mary Edaughter6FWTN
Lee, Russel Cson1MWTN