The Shemwell Family

Spotswood Milton Wells1870

Name
Spotswood Milton Wells
Given names
Spotswood Milton
Surname
Wells
Birth January 1870 33 35
Census July 18, 1870 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a brotherHenry John Wells
April 7, 1873 (Age 3 years)
Death of a half-sisterMadora Cramer
November 17, 1874 (Age 4 years)
Cause: Typhoid fever
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a half-sisterAlice Cramer
March 17, 1881 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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
Death of a fatherJohn Parrish Wells
1905 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherCornelia Webb
1906 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 59 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 half-brotherStandard Dewitt Cramer
January 8, 1938 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherHenry John Wells
July 17, 1945 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 80 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 76 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 26, 1862Cooper, Missouri, United States
23 months
elder sister
7 years
himself
Spotswood Milton Wells
Birth: January 1870 33 35Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Mother’s family with John M Cramer - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: August 28, 1853Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
half-sister
Madora Cramer
Birth: 1855 22 20Missouri, United States
Death: November 17, 1874Brownsville, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
half-sister
2 years
half-brother

Spotswood Milton Wells has 2 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Parrish Wells - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Wells, John Phead38MWfarmerKY
Wells, Corneliawife32FWVA
Wells, Annadaughter7FWMO
Wells, Spotswoodson5 monthsMWMO
Cramer, Madorastep daughter15FWMO
Cramer, Alicestep daughter13FWMO
Cramer, Standardstep son11MWworks on farmMO