The Shemwell Family

Thomas Seymour HooperAge: 77 years18711949

Name
Thomas Seymour Hooper
Given names
Thomas Seymour
Surname
Hooper
Birth November 26, 1871 54 36
Birth of a brotherJohn A Hooper
1873 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a brotherRobert Elie Hooper
1877 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph W Hooper
February 1877 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 21, 1880 (Age 8 years)
Note: ED 169
Death of a brotherJames William “Willy” Hooper
1891 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherJohn A Hooper
1891 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 motherLouisa Jane Taylor
April 25, 1916 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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/
Death of a half-sisterFrances Elizabeth Hooper
February 20, 1921 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Elmerine Hooper
January 31, 1926 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 brotherJoseph Samuel Hooper
February 4, 1934 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterEliza E Hooper
January 1935 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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 of a sisterLaura J Hooper
October 23, 1946 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 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 August 2, 1949 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stuart Chapel Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 23, 1854Sumner, Tennessee, United States
17 months
elder sister
Sarah Elmerine Hooper
Birth: December 22, 1855 38 21Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 31, 1926Logan, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
James William “Willy” Hooper
Birth: 1857 40 22Kentucky, United States
Death: 1891Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
Eliza E Hooper
Birth: November 1865 48 30Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1935Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Laura J Hooper
Birth: March 31, 1869 52 34Kentucky, United States
Death: October 23, 1946Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
himself
Thomas Seymour Hooper
Birth: November 26, 1871 54 36Kentucky, United States
Death: August 2, 1949Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
John A Hooper
Birth: 1873 56 38Kentucky, United States
Death: 1891Logan, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger brother
Robert Elie Hooper
Birth: 1877 60 42Kentucky, United States
Death: 1960Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Lucinda Plummer - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1841Kentucky, United States
23 months
half-sister
Frances Elizabeth Hooper
Birth: November 28, 1842 25 20Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 20, 1921Simpson, Kentucky, United States

Census
ED 169
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Louisa Jane Taylor - Household

Sharon, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hooper, Louisa JWF44headWdKeeping HouseTNTNVA
Hooper, Joseph SWM20sonSFarmingKYKYTN
Hooper, Nancy LWF14daughterSKYKYTN
Hooper, Eliza EWF14daughterS11KYKYTN
Hooper, Laura JWF12daughterS11KYKYTN
Hooper, Thomas SWM10sonS11KYKYTN
Hooper, John AWM7sonSxxKYKYTN
Hooper, Robert EWM2sonKYKYTN