The Shemwell Family

Isaac Henry LyonsAge: 71 years18691940

Name
Isaac Henry Lyons
Given names
Isaac Henry
Surname
Lyons
Birth February 24, 1869 19 24
MarriageCora Mae GuinnView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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
Birth of a brotherAndrew Thomas Lyons
1871 (Age 22 months)
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 motherMary Pertinia Nickell
1886 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn B Nickell
1891 (Age 21 years)
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
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth “Bettie” Baker
1900 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Jessie Bell Lyons
November 8, 1901 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lloyd Edward Lyons
July 17, 1904 (Age 35 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Clyde Norman Lyons
December 6, 1911 (Age 42 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherClarissa Belle “Clara” Little
December 6, 1911 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew Thomas Lyons
August 11, 1912 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Melvin Eugene Lyons
May 12, 1913 (Age 44 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/
Birth of a son
#5
Hugh Charles Lyons
November 8, 1921 (Age 52 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Ernest V Lyons
July 12, 1925 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Mary Elizabeth Pippen
May 5, 1927 (Age 58 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Little Marion Lyons
May 8, 1928 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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 September 29, 1940 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Home Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
himself
3 years
younger brother
Family with Cora Mae Guinn - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter
Jessie Bell Lyons
Birth: November 8, 1901 32 19Arkansas, United States
Death: January 2, 1982Texas, United States
3 years
son
7 years
son
Clyde Norman Lyons
Birth: December 6, 1911 42 29Arkansas, United States
Death: February 26, 1974Oklahoma, United States
17 months
son
Melvin Eugene Lyons
Birth: May 12, 1913 44 31Arkansas, United States
Death: October 13, 1974Oklahoma, United States
9 years
son
4 years
son
Ernest V Lyons
Birth: July 12, 1925 56 43Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 29, 2007Oklahoma, United States