The Shemwell Family

Edward B CorbettAge: 74 years18481923

Name
Edward B Corbett
Given names
Edward B
Surname
Corbett
Birth August 2, 1848
MarriageNell View this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)

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 12 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 18 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 18 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 20 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 29 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 son
#1
Raleigh P Corbett
September 12, 1889 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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
MarriageMartha Elizabeth “Mattie” DialView this family
between 1900 and 1910 (Age 51 years)

Census April 18, 1910 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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 3, 1920 (Age 71 years)
Death January 21, 1923 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Family with Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: between 1900 and 1910
Family with Nell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
son
Raleigh P Corbett
Birth: September 12, 1889 41Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: February 13, 1971Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Thomas Porter Baker + Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: September 5, 1872Fannin, Texas, United States
3 years
step-son
3 years
step-daughter
Mary Elizabeth Baker
Birth: September 27, 1878 32 23Galveston, Texas, United States
Death: April 14, 1900Dalby Springs, Bowie, Texas, United States
3 years
step-son
Robert Gay Baker
Birth: September 12, 1881 35 26Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: August 1, 1902Fannin, Texas, United States
5 years
step-son
Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker
Birth: August 12, 1886 40 31Dial, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: March 7, 1967Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
7 years
step-daughter
Elizabeth Bagby “Bess” Baker
Birth: February 21, 1893 46 37Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: September 18, 1977Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Edward Corbett - Household

314 West Gandy Street Dennison, Grayson, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Corbett, EdwardheadMW61M10NYNYNYMachinistR R Shop
Corbett, Martha EwifeFW54M1053TXTNTN
Corbett, RollysonMW21STXNYMOMachinistR R Shop
Baker, Bessieatep daughterFW17STXTNTX

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward Corbett - Household

314 Gandy Street Dennison, Grayson, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Corbett, Edward BheadMW71MNYNYNYMachinistRR
Corbett, Mattie EwifeFW64MTXTNTN
Corbett, RaleighsonMW30STXNYALMachinistRR
Dial, Ellasister in lawFW47STXTNTN