The Shemwell Family

Edward “Ed” SullivanAge: 37 years18871925

Name
Edward “Ed” Sullivan
Given names
Edward
Surname
Sullivan
Nickname
Ed
Birth December 12, 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
MarriageMaude Edomson “Maudie” HallView this family
about 1909 (Age 21 years)

Census April 30, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Note: Who is M?? Glenn.. it says grandson but Nannie only had 1 child- Maud. It does say Ed and Maud have a child who would be her grand child but could not be M?? Glenn who is 14. -b
Birth of a son
#1
Corbett Sullivan
May 17, 1911 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Zula M Sullivan
July 26, 1914 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#3
Geneva Sullivan
October 25, 1917 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 29 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 30 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 21, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Vadie Irene Sullivan
August 28, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sonCorbett Sullivan
July 28, 1925 (Age 37 years)
Cause: Acute gastritis & Lobar pneumonia
Death August 14, 1925 (Age 37 years)
Cause of death: Typhoid Fever
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Note: Father Ed and son Cobett died about 2 weeks apart.
Family with Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1909
2 years
son
Corbett Sullivan
Birth: May 17, 1911 23 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1925Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
Geneva Sullivan
Birth: October 25, 1917 29 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1999Longwood, Seminole, Florida, United States
3 years
daughter
Vadie Irene Sullivan
Birth: August 28, 1920 32 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 3, 2007Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod + Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: about 1929
2 years
step-son
James Willard Sherrod
Birth: March 6, 1931 51 38Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 31, 2002Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Mary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hall, NannieheadFW46Wd11KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farming
Sullivan, EdwardSon in lawMW22M12KYKYKYFarm LaborerHome Farm
Sullivan, Maude EdaughterFW17M1211KYKYKY
Glenn M???GrandsonMW14SKYKYKYFarm LaborerHome Farm
Glenn, DaltonNephewMW5SKYKYKY

Census
Who is M?? Glenn.. it says grandson but Nannie only had 1 child- Maud. It does say Ed and Maud have a child who would be her grand child but could not be M?? Glenn who is 14. -b
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward “Ed” Sullivan - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Sullivan, EdwardheadMW33MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Sullivan, MaudwifeFW37MKYKYKY
Sullivan, CorbetsonMW8SKYKYKY
Sullivan, ZintadaughterFW5SKYKYKY

Burial
Father Ed and son Cobett died about 2 weeks apart.