The Shemwell Family

Lavetta AkinsAge: 83 years19051988

Name
Lavetta Akins
Given names
Lavetta
Surname
Akins
Married name
Lavetta Brewer
Married name
Lavetta Rink
Married name
Lavetta Vaughn
Birth April 18, 1905 26 29
Birth of a sisterSarah Della Akins
February 6, 1907 (Age 21 months)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Della Akins
August 13, 1914 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherWilliam Martin Akins
February 18, 1917 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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 12 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/
MarriageWilliam McKinley BrewerView this family
July 4, 1919 (Age 14 years)
MarriageWilliam BrewerView this family
July 4, 1919 (Age 14 years)
Census January 28, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentPleasant Amos BrewerMary Ann WebbView this family
September 3, 1922 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Washington Webb
after 1930 (Age 24 years)
MarriageGeorge Washington RinkView this family
June 27, 1933 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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
Death of a husbandWilliam McKinley Brewer
June 25, 1951 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 husbandGeorge Washington Rink
December 13, 1957 (Age 52 years)
Death of a brotherArthur Eugene Akins
March 17, 1962 (Age 56 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann Webb
February 22, 1964 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 of a half-sisterJane Lee Wyatt
March 12, 1985 (Age 79 years)
Death October 23, 1988 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Redmen Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
William Martin Akins
Birth: August 15, 1878Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 18, 1917Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1902
19 months
elder brother
20 months
herself
22 months
younger sister
Sarah Della Akins
Birth: February 6, 1907 28 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 13, 1914Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with Pleasant Amos Brewer - View this family
step-father
Pleasant Amos Brewer
Birth: November 21, 1858Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 3, 1950DeQueen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
mother
Marriage: September 3, 1922Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with John Quincy Wyatt - View this family
step-father
John Quincy Wyatt
Birth: May 7, 1874Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 8, 1953Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1891
11 months
half-sister
Jane Lee Wyatt
Birth: December 8, 1891 17 16Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1985Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with William McKinley Brewer - View this family
husband
William McKinley Brewer
Birth: November 7, 1897Newton, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 25, 1951De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
herself
Marriage: July 4, 1919Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with George Washington Rink - View this family
husband
George Washington Rink
Birth: January 3, 1891Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States
Death: December 13, 1957Sevier, Arkansas, United States
herself
Marriage: June 27, 1933Sevier, Arkansas, United States
Family with William Brewer - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 4, 1919Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Martin Akins - Household

Winesap to Newton Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Akins, William MheadMW30M18TNGAMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Akins, MarywifeFW33M2844TNTNTN
Akins, ArthursonMW6STNTNTN
Akins, VettadaughterFW4STNTNTN
Akins, DelladaughterFW3STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Mary Ann Webb - Household

Rikeville and Winnsap Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Akins, MaryheadFW45WdTNTNTN
Brewer, Williamson in lawMW22MTNTNTNLoggerSaw Mill
Brewer, LavettadaughterFW14MTNTNTN
Akins, ArthursonMW16STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm