The Shemwell Family

Daniel Joel Lewis1879

Name
Daniel Joel Lewis
Given names
Daniel Joel
Surname
Lewis
Birth August 1879 49 32
Census June 11, 1880 (Age 10 months)
Death of a motherEmalissa E Kittrell
February 13, 1883 (Age 3 years)
Death of a fatherCornelius Lewis
1888 (Age 8 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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 half-sisterMartha Elander “Mattie” Williams
October 10, 1912 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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 50 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 half-sisterMary Elizabeth Williams
September 11, 1945 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 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 66 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

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mother
Marriage: September 1, 1870Butler, Missouri, United States
9 years
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Daniel Joel Lewis
Birth: August 1879 49 32Butler, Missouri, United States
Death:
Father’s family with an unknown individual - View this family
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half-brother
9 years
half-brother
Mother’s family with James L Williams - View this family
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mother
Marriage: about 1863Missouri, United States
21 months
half-sister
4 years
half-sister

Daniel Joel Lewis has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Cornelius Lewis - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Lewis, CorneliusWM50headMFarmerMONCKY
Lewis, EmalissyWF33wifeMKeeping HouseMOMOTN
Lewis, BenjminWM25sonSWorks on farmMOMOTN
Lewis, James MWM17sonSWorks on farmMOMOMO
Lewis, Daniel JoelWM10mAugsonSMOMOMO
Williams, Mary WF15wifes daughterSAt homeMOTNMO
Williams, Martha WF12wifes daughterSAt homeMOMOMO