The Shemwell Family

Elijah Sanford DavisAge: 47 years18861934

Name
Elijah Sanford Davis
Given names
Elijah Sanford
Surname
Davis
Birth December 4, 1886 32 32
Birth of a brotherMarion L Davis
December 1887 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a sisterKittie C Davis
February 1891 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Davis
February 1891 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherErnest James Davis
September 4, 1892 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterBessie Cornelia Davis
November 12, 1895 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWinter Carl Davis
November 30, 1897 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 sisterMary Davis
before 1900 (Age 13 years)

Death of a brotherMarion L Davis
about 1906 (Age 19 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Monroe Beaty Walker
December 20, 1910 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Adaline Frost
January 2, 1911 (Age 24 years)
Death of a motherAmelia Ann “Millie” Walker
June 22, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherJames Owen Davis
April 26, 1917 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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 42 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 sisterKittie C Davis
before 1930 (Age 43 years)

Death of a brotherErnest James Davis
August 30, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Burial of a brotherErnest James Davis
August 31, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Frost Family Cemetery
Death November 19, 1934 (Age 47 years)
Burial November 21, 1934 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bridgeport Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1882
9 months
elder brother
John William Davis
Birth: October 14, 1882 28 27Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 13, 1955Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
19 months
elder brother
McClure White “Dink” Davis
Birth: May 2, 1884 30 29Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 3, 1963Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
Elijah Sanford Davis
Birth: December 4, 1886 32 32Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 19, 1934Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States
13 months
younger brother
Marion L Davis
Birth: December 1887 33 33Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1906
3 years
younger sister
Kittie C Davis
Birth: February 1891 36 36Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1930
1 month
younger sister
Mary Davis
Birth: February 1891 36 36Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1900
19 months
younger brother
Ernest James Davis
Birth: September 4, 1892 38 37Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 30, 1930Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Bessie Cornelia Davis
Birth: November 12, 1895 41 40Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 19, 1972
2 years
younger brother
Winter Carl Davis
Birth: November 30, 1897 43 43Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 30, 1959Monroe, Kentucky, United States

Elijah Sanford Davis has 36 first cousins recorded