The Shemwell Family

Thomas Haws EvansAge: 78 years18561935

Name
Thomas Haws Evans
Given names
Thomas Haws
Surname
Evans
Birth February 3, 1856
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 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 10 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 12 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 21 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageHortence Vitoria HallView this family
about 1886 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Saidee Haws Evans
February 12, 1891 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 44 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childNoel Wiley CunnynghamSaidee Haws EvansView this family
December 26, 1912 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Evens Cunnyngham
April 30, 1914 (Age 58 years)
Death of a granddaughterEvens Cunnyngham
April 30, 1914 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Noel Wiley Cunnyngham Jr
April 17, 1915 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 8, 1920 (Age 63 years)
Death of a wifeHortence Vitoria Hall
October 16, 1920 (Age 64 years)
Cause: Muscular Dystrophy
Marriage of a childLeo Vernon HarrisSaidee Haws EvansView this family
June 2, 1923 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 73 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
Death January 10, 1935 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
elder sister
5 years
himself
Thomas Haws Evans
Birth: February 3, 1856Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1935Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Family with Hortence Vitoria Hall - View this family
himself
Thomas Haws Evans
Birth: February 3, 1856Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1935Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
wife
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

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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

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas H Evans - Household

Mountain St. Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Evans, Thomas HheadMW63WdTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Evans, ClemmieSisterFW69STNTN
Cunnyngham, SaideedaughterFW28WdTNTNTN
Cunnyngham, Noel JrGrandsonMW4=8mSTNTNTN