The Shemwell Family

Presley Seymour HendersonAge: 75 years18691945

Name
Presley Seymour Henderson
Given names
Presley Seymour
Surname
Henderson
Birth August 4, 1869
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
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
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
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 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
MarriageLorene BryantView this family
March 17, 1934 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Wesley Henderson
1934 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Herbert Jess Henderson
May 6, 1937 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Nolen Henderson
about 1939 (Age 69 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1940 Census
Census May 1940 (Age 70 years)
Shared note: Lucy is Lorene's mother (Beddie) step mother.
Birth of a son
#4
James O Henderson
November 11, 1942 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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
Death February 17, 1945 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hale Cemetery
Family with Lorene Bryant - View this family
himself
wife
Lorene Bryant
Birth: December 16, 1917 20 17Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 16, 2010Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Marriage: March 17, 1934Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
9 months
son
3 years
son
Herbert Jess Henderson
Birth: May 6, 1937 67 19Crofton, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 21, 1998Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
3 years
son
4 years
son
James O Henderson
Birth: November 11, 1942 73 24Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 1, 1984Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Presley Seymour Henderson - Household

Christian, Kentucky, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Henderson, Presley SheadYesMW74MNoKYUnable to Work00Yes
Bryant, LoreneXwifeYesFW23MNoKYHousework520No
Henderson, John WsonYesMW6SNoKY
Henderson, Herbert JsonMW3SNoKY
Henderson, NolensonMW1SNoKY
Hodge, Lucy AlodgerYesFW66WDNoKYHousework520No

Census
Lucy is Lorene's mother (Beddie) step mother.