The Shemwell Family

William Boyd Tabb1901

Name
William Boyd Tabb
Given names
William Boyd
Surname
Tabb
Birth 1901 28 25
Birth of a sisterAnna L Tabb
July 29, 1906 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJacob S “Bud” Tabb
October 8, 1906 (Age 5 years)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann Hester
March 26, 1914 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 19, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 of a fatherJames W Tabb
April 5, 1939 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherAugusta Ellen Thornsberry
August 1, 1939 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 49 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
Death of a sisterNoba Tabb
November 7, 1975 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 of a brotherHobert Tabb
January 7, 1988 (Age 87 years)
Death of a sisterAnna L Tabb
October 16, 1989 (Age 88 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Augusta Ellen Thornsberry
Birth: July 8, 1875 30 35Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 1, 1939Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: 1895Kentucky, United States
20 months
elder brother
Hobert Tabb
Birth: September 5, 1896 24 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 7, 1988Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
Noba Tabb
Birth: January 29, 1899 26 23Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 7, 1975Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
himself
6 years
younger sister
Anna L Tabb
Birth: July 29, 1906 34 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 16, 1989Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James W Tabb - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Tabb, James WheadMW37M15KYKYKYfarmer
Tabb, HobartsonMW13MKYKYKYfarm laborer
Tabb, NobadaughterFW11MKYKYKY
Tabb, William BsonMW8SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James W Tabb - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tabb, James WheadMW47MKYKYKYfarmer
Tabb, HobartsonMW23MKYKYKY
Tabb, WilliesonFW20MKYKYKY
Tabb, NobiasonMW18SKYKYKY