The Shemwell Family

Hortence Vitoria HallAge: 55 years18651920

Name
Hortence Vitoria Hall
Given names
Hortence Vitoria
Surname
Hall
Married name
Hortence Vitoria Evans
Birth May 29, 1865 32 28
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
Birth of a sisterMartha Louise Hall
October 28, 1867 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 19 months)
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 19 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherThomas Harrison Hall
about July 1869 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 July 8, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah “Sallie” Hall
June 30, 1872 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherLeather Clarence Hall
November 16, 1874 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterAbbie Mae Hall
September 2, 1879 (Age 14 years)
Census June 7, 1880 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterStella Emma Hall
March 1883 (Age 17 years)
MarriageThomas Haws EvansView this family
about 1886 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Saidee Haws Evans
February 12, 1891 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 June 19, 1900 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherNancy Jane Hinch
June 29, 1908 (Age 43 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childNoel Wiley CunnynghamSaidee Haws EvansView this family
December 26, 1912 (Age 47 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Hall
1912 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Evens Cunnyngham
April 30, 1914 (Age 48 years)
Death of a granddaughterEvens Cunnyngham
April 30, 1914 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Noel Wiley Cunnyngham Jr
April 17, 1915 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherJohn Marshall Hall
November 19, 1918 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 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 52 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 October 16, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Cause of death: Muscular Dystrophy
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gravitt Evans Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: before 1858Tennessee, United States
19 months
elder brother
John Marshall Hall
Birth: July 20, 1859 26 22Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 19, 1918Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
6 years
herself
Hortence Vitoria Hall
Birth: May 29, 1865 32 28Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 16, 1920Rhea, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
21 months
younger brother
Thomas Harrison Hall
Birth: about July 1869 36 32Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Leather Clarence Hall
Birth: November 16, 1874 41 37Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 20, 1939Beckham, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger sister
Abbie Mae Hall
Birth: September 2, 1879 46 42Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 27, 1969Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
4 years
younger sister
Family with Thomas Haws Evans - View this family
husband
Thomas Haws Evans
Birth: February 3, 1856Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1935Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
herself
Hortence Vitoria Hall
Birth: May 29, 1865 32 28Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 16, 1920Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1886
5 years
daughter
Saidee Haws Evans
Birth: February 12, 1891 35 25Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 5, 1985Dayton, Rhea, Tennessee, United States

Hortence Vitoria Hall 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 Russell Lee + Mary Ann “Pollie” Hinch
1John A Lee18501876
3Nancy Jane Lee18541883
4Robert Lee18571870
6Mary E Lee1863
8Bluford Lee1871
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 James Audley “Ed” Skillern + Rebecca Caroline “Callie” Hinch
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Hall - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hall, Thomashead36MWFarmerTN
Hall, Nancy Jwife34FWKeeping HouseTN
Hall, J Mson11MWTN
Hall, Hortence Vdaughter5FWTN
Hall, Martha Ldaughter3FWTN
Hall, Thomas Hson10mMWTNJuly
Acuff, Elender14FWTN
Howard, Jasper14MWTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Hall - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hall, ThomasWM46headMFarmerTNTNTN
Hall, NancyWF42wifeMKeeping HouseTNTNTN
Hall, JohnWM20sonSWorks on FarmTNTNTN
Hall, HortenceWF15daughterSAt HomeTNTNTN
Hall, LouvinaWF13daughterSAt HomeTNTNTN
Hall, HarrisonWM10sonSTNTNTN
Hall, SarahWF7daughterSTNTNTN
Hall, ClarenceWM5sonSTNTNTN
Hall, AbbieWF1daughterSTNTNTN
Owens, WilliamWM20LaborerTNTNTN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas H Evans - Household

Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Evans, Thomas HheadWMMar185644M14TNTNTNFarmer
Evans, Hortence VwifeWFMay186535M1431TNTNTN
Evans, Saidee HdaughterWFFeb18919STNTNTNAt School

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas H Evans - Household

Evensville West of RR Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Evans, Thomas HheadMW54M124TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Evans, HortencewifeFW44M12431TNTNTN
Evans, SaideedaughterFW19STNTNTN