The Shemwell Family

Pleasant Amos BrewerAge: 91 years18581950

Name
Pleasant Amos Brewer
Given names
Pleasant Amos
Surname
Brewer
Birth November 21, 1858
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 8 years)
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 (Age 8 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 years)

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 19 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 39 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 57 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 58 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 59 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/
MarriageMary Ann WebbView this family
September 3, 1922 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 71 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 83 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
Census April 20, 1950 (Age 91 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 91 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 87 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
Death July 3, 1950 (Age 91 years)
Family with Mary Ann Webb - View this family
himself
Pleasant Amos Brewer
Birth: November 21, 1858Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 3, 1950DeQueen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
wife
Marriage: September 3, 1922Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
William Martin Akins + Mary Ann Webb - View this family
wife’s husband
William Martin Akins
Birth: August 15, 1878Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 18, 1917Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1902
19 months
step-son
20 months
step-daughter
22 months
step-daughter
Sarah Della Akins
Birth: February 6, 1907 28 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 13, 1914Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
John Quincy Wyatt + Mary Ann Webb - View this family
wife’s husband
John Quincy Wyatt
Birth: May 7, 1874Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 8, 1953Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1891
11 months
step-daughter
Jane Lee Wyatt
Birth: December 8, 1891 17 16Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1985Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Pleasant Amos Brewer - Household

Sixth Street Bear Creek, Sevier, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Brewer, Pleasant AheadMW69M17TNTNTNCarpenterHouse
Brewer, MarywifeFW53M13TNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Pleasant Amos Brewer - Household

1st Street De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Brewer, P AheadMW81MTNSame Place
Brewer, M AwifeFW65MTNSame Place

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Pleasant Amos Brewer - Household

Union Community Bear Creek, Sevier, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Brewer, P AmosheadMW91MTN
Brewer, Mary AnnewifeFW75MTN