The Shemwell Family

Emma May DunbarAge: 51 years18671919

Name
Emma May Dunbar
Given names
Emma May
Surname
Dunbar
Married name
Emma May Walker
Birth August 7, 1867
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 16 months)

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 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageElijah Frost “Lige” WalkerView this family
about 1886 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a son
#1
John Jay Walker
July 18, 1886 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
William Earl “Dutch” Walker
August 12, 1889 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Lee Young Walker
July 6, 1891 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Gladys Ione Walker
August 30, 1893 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Kenneth L Walker
June 27, 1895 (Age 27 years)
Death of a daughterGladys Ione Walker
November 1, 1895 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sonKenneth L Walker
November 4, 1895 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Doris May Walker
September 7, 1896 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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
Birth of a daughter
#7
Mary Edna Walker
September 20, 1899 (Age 32 years)
Death of a daughterMary Edna Walker
November 15, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Cecil Fay Walker
November 9, 1901 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Maude Walker
December 21, 1904 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Abbical Frost “Abbie” Walker
November 20, 1906 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#11
Robin Elijah Walker
about 1910 (Age 42 years)
Death of a husbandElijah Frost “Lige” Walker
July 21, 1914 (Age 46 years)
Burial of a husbandElijah Frost “Lige” Walker
July 22, 1914 (Age 46 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 January 7, 1919 (Age 51 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
Family with Elijah Frost “Lige” Walker - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1886
7 months
son
John Jay Walker
Birth: July 18, 1886 27 18Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 12, 1959Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
3 years
son
William Earl “Dutch” Walker
Birth: August 12, 1889 30 22Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 12, 1961Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
son
Lee Young Walker
Birth: July 6, 1891 32 23Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 16, 1952Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Gladys Ione Walker
Birth: August 30, 1893 34 26Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1, 1895Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
son
Kenneth L Walker
Birth: June 27, 1895 36 27Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 4, 1895Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
14 months
daughter
Doris May Walker
Birth: September 7, 1896 37 29Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 22, 1972Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
3 years
daughter
Mary Edna Walker
Birth: September 20, 1899 40 32Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 15, 1900Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Cecil Fay Walker
Birth: November 9, 1901 42 34Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 3, 1973Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
3 years
daughter
Maude Walker
Birth: December 21, 1904 45 37Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 9, 1974Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
23 months
daughter
Abbical Frost “Abbie” Walker
Birth: November 20, 1906 47 39Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1980Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
4 years
son
Robin Elijah Walker
Birth: about 1910 50 42Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 9, 1977Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

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