The Shemwell Family

Leila Lee Thurman1885

Name
Leila Lee Thurman
Given names
Leila Lee
Surname
Thurman
Birth January 16, 1885 20 17
Birth of a brotherIsaac Maylon Thurman
August 5, 1889 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterSallie Laura Thurman
October 29, 1891 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Jane Parham
October 29, 1893 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherGordon H Thurman
March 27, 1896 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
Birth of a brotherSteven Rhea Thurman
October 27, 1898 (Age 13 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherAllen Gwyn Thurman
April 3, 1904 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherIsaac Newton Thurman
September 9, 1906 (Age 21 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Jane Hinch
June 29, 1908 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a sisterDolly Juanita Thurman
August 19, 1909 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Hall
1912 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 fatherJohn Curtis Thurman
June 23, 1920 (Age 35 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac Maylon Thurman
October 6, 1922 (Age 37 years)
Cause: Murdered
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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 brotherSteven Rhea Thurman
February 10, 1944 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 brotherGordon H Thurman
1945 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sisterSallie Laura Thurman
March 21, 1953 (Age 68 years)
Cause: Cancer
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 motherMartha Louise Hall
April 10, 1969 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 brotherAllen Gwyn Thurman
March 17, 1981 (Age 96 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: about 1884Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
13 months
herself
Leila Lee Thurman
Birth: January 16, 1885 20 17Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
younger brother
Isaac Maylon Thurman
Birth: August 5, 1889 24 21Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1922Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Sallie Laura Thurman
Birth: October 29, 1891 27 24Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 1953Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Steven Rhea Thurman
Birth: October 27, 1898 34 30Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1944New Mexico, United States
5 years
younger brother
Allen Gwyn Thurman
Birth: April 3, 1904 39 36Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 17, 1981Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States
5 years
younger sister

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John Curtis Thurman - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Thurman, John CheadWMSep186435M16TNTNTNFarmer
Thurman, Lou HwifeWFFeb186733M1665TNTNTN
Thurman, Leila LdaughterWFJan188515STNTNTN
Thurman, Isaac NsonWMAug188910STNTNTNFarm Laborer
Thurman, Sallie LdaughterWFOct18918STNTNTN
Thurman, Gordon HsonWMMar18964STNTNTN
Thurman, Steven RsonWMOct18981STNTNTN