The Shemwell Family

Theophilus Melville TaylorAge: 74 years18731947

Name
Theophilus Melville Taylor
Given names
Theophilus Melville
Surname
Taylor
Birth January 25, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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
MarriageAbbie Mae HallView this family
September 5, 1900 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Stella Faye Taylor
May 27, 1901 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Theodore Max Taylor
December 8, 1904 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 68 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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
Death June 4, 1947 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Buttram Cemetery
Family with Abbie Mae Hall - View this family
himself
Theophilus Melville Taylor
Birth: January 25, 1873Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 4, 1947Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
wife
Abbie Mae Hall
Birth: September 2, 1879 46 42Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 27, 1969Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Marriage: September 5, 1900Rhea, Tennessee, United States
9 months
daughter
Stella Faye Taylor
Birth: May 27, 1901 28 21Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 11, 1975Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
4 years
son
Theodore Max Taylor
Birth: December 8, 1904 31 25Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 23, 1979Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States

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