The Shemwell Family

William C CarneyAge: 64 years18521917

Name
William C Carney
Given names
William C
Surname
Carney
Birth September 9, 1852
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 25 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 45 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
Birth of a son
#1
Lucian Burch Carney
March 11, 1902 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
May Carney
1907 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a son
#3
John Carney
1908 (Age 55 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a son
#4
William Howard Taft Carney
April 16, 1911 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 63 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 64 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
Death March 27, 1917 (Age 64 years)
Family with Eva Lee Lancaster - View this family
himself
wife
Eva Lee Lancaster
Birth: November 7, 1872 43 41Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 7, 1930Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
son
6 years
daughter
2 years
son
John Carney
Birth: 1908 55 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
son
William Howard Taft Carney
Birth: April 16, 1911 58 38Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
daughter
Private

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William C Carney - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carney, William CheadMW56M28TNTNTNfarmer
Carmey, Eva wifeFW37M1843TNTNTN
Carney, BirchsonMW8STNTNTN
Carney, MaydaughterFW3STNTNTN
Carney, JohnsonMW2STNTNTN