The Shemwell Family

Thomas F Bennett1867

Name
Thomas F Bennett
Given names
Thomas F
Surname
Bennett
Birth May 1867 21 23
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
Birth of a brotherThomas John Bennett
August 1869 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 20 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
Census July 12, 1870 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret E “Maggie” Bennett
September 1871 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterViola B Bennett
1874 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha C Bennett
1877 (Age 9 years)
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
Birth of a brotherNord E Bennett
1879 (Age 11 years)
Census June 19, 1880 (Age 13 years)
MarriageJulia ArthurView this family
May 18, 1889 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Naomi Bennett
June 1897 (Age 30 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
Census June 11, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherJames Riley Bennett
April 6, 1913 (Age 45 years)
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
Marriage of a childEdward Pairan CookNaomi BennettView this family
1917 (Age 49 years)
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 of a motherSarah Jane Laffoon
July 20, 1921 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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 74 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 82 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
Death of a daughterNaomi Bennett
May 12, 1972 (Age 105 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 78 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

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 6, 1864Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States
14 months
elder sister
Mary S Bennett
Birth: January 14, 1866 20 21Greene, Indiana, United States
Death: January 29, 1866Greene, Indiana, United States
16 months
himself
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Family with Julia Arthur - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: May 18, 1889Indiana, United States
8 years
daughter
Naomi Bennett
Birth: June 1897 30 24Indiana, United States
Death: May 12, 1972Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Frank Robert Hergt + Julia Arthur - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: October 22, 1919Marion, Indiana, United States

Thomas F Bennett has 4 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James Riley Bennett - Household

Greene, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Bennett, James Rhead24MWfarm laborerIN
Bennett, Sarah Jwife26FWIN
Bennett, Thomasson3MWIN
Bennett, Johnson9 monthsMWINNov

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Riley Bennett - Household

Greene, Indiana, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Bennett, James RWM34headMfarmerINNCTN
Bennett, Sary JWF36wifeMINNCKY
Bennett, Thomas FWM13sonSINININ
Bennett, John ThompsonWM12sonSINININ
Bennett, Margaret EWF8daughterSINININ
Bennett, Viola BWF6daughterSINININ
Bennett, Martha CWF3daughterSINININ
Bennett, Nord EWM1sonSINININ

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas F Bennett - Household

Knox, Indiana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Bennett, Thomas FheadWMMay186733M11INININday laborer
Bennett, JuliawifeWFJul187227M1121INININ
Bennett, NaomidaughterWFJun18973SINININ