The Shemwell Family

Thomas Arthur JenkinsAge: 58 years18691927

Name
Thomas Arthur Jenkins
Given names
Thomas Arthur
Surname
Jenkins
Birth October 4, 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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
MarriageHattie GibsonView this family
about 1906 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Hattie Elizabeth Jenkins
about 1908 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Rose Marie Jenkins
September 2, 1910 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Wanda Caroline Jenkins
March 11, 1913 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 wifeHattie Gibson
September 11, 1927 (Age 57 years)
Burial of a wifeHattie Gibson
September 12, 1927 (Age 57 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Death November 16, 1927 (Age 58 years)
Burial November 17, 1927 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Family with Hattie Gibson - View this family
himself
Thomas Arthur Jenkins
Birth: October 4, 1869Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Death: November 16, 1927Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1906
3 years
daughter
Hattie Elizabeth Jenkins
Birth: about 1908 38 34Texas, United States
Death: November 24, 1978Wisconsin, United States
3 years
daughter
Rose Marie Jenkins
Birth: September 2, 1910 40 36Winnie, Chambers, Texas, United States
Death: May 2, 2002Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States
3 years
daughter
Wanda Caroline Jenkins
Birth: March 11, 1913 43 39Stowell, Chambers, Texas, United States
Death: July 30, 2005Winnie, Chambers, Texas, United States
Sanford Johnson Ingram + Hattie Gibson - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: February 25, 1894Roane, Tennessee, United States
23 months
step-son
Steven Woods Jenkins
Birth: January 22, 1896 26 22Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 23, 1968Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States
4 years
step-son
Raymond Gibson Jenkins Sr.
Birth: August 20, 1899 30 25Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 20, 1975Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
5 months
step-daughter
Alice Lee Ingram
Birth: January 7, 1900 30 26Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 27, 1901Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States

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