The Shemwell Family

Name
William Martin Akins
Given names
William Martin
Surname
Akins
Birth August 15, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

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 19 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
MarriageMary Ann WebbView this family
about 1902 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Arthur Eugene Akins
August 11, 1903 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lavetta Akins
April 18, 1905 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Sarah Della Akins
February 6, 1907 (Age 28 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Death of a daughterSarah Della Akins
August 13, 1914 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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
Death February 18, 1917 (Age 38 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Akins Cemetery
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