The Shemwell Family

Hallie Jane HamiltonAge: 90 years18681959

Name
Hallie Jane Hamilton
Given names
Hallie Jane
Surname
Hamilton
Married name
Hallie Jane Dial
Birth May 23, 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 months)

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 9 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 29 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
MarriageJames A DialView this family
after 1915 (Age 46 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 14, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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
Census April 10, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandJames A Dial
April 22, 1931 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 February 28, 1959 (Age 90 years)
Family with James A Dial - View this family
husband
herself
Hallie Jane Hamilton
Birth: May 23, 1868Tennessee, United States
Death: February 28, 1959Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Marriage: after 1915
James A Dial + Henrietta Hamilton “Hattie” Lane - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Henrietta Hamilton “Hattie” Lane
Birth: April 9, 1864Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: October 23, 1914Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Marriage: April 5, 1883Fannin, Texas, United States
1 year
step-daughter
Edna Vaughn Dial
Birth: April 13, 1884 30 20Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: September 1, 1958Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States
2 years
step-son
William Ballard Dial
Birth: March 1886 32 21Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: 1900Fannin, Texas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James A Dial - Household

South 14 Street Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Dial, James AheadMW66MTNTNTN
Dial, HalliewifeFW52MTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James A Dial - Household

705 East Market Street Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dial, James AheadMW76M21TNTNTN
Dial, HalliewifeFW61M21TNTNTN