The Shemwell Family

Joseph Henry KnightonAge: 51 years18711922

Name
Joseph Henry Knighton
Given names
Joseph Henry
Surname
Knighton
Birth March 22, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageSarah E “Sallie” MallettView this family
after 1885 (Age 13 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 September 12, 1922 (Age 51 years)
Family with Sarah E “Sallie” Mallett - View this family
himself
Joseph Henry Knighton
Birth: March 22, 1871Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 12, 1922Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: after 1885
daughter
daughter
James H Hinch + Sarah E “Sallie” Mallett - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: July 1, 1879Bradley, Tennessee, United States
10 months
step-daughter
Ula Hinch
Birth: April 1880 22 18Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: