The Shemwell Family

William Henry HyderAge: 41 years18761918

Name
William Henry Hyder
Given names
William Henry
Surname
Hyder
Birth October 21, 1876
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 months)

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 21 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
MarriageEmma Jane BurgessView this family
July 4, 1915 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ulish Hyder
April 1, 1916 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lillie M Hyder
November 3, 1917 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 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 41 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 June 29, 1918 (Age 41 years)
Family with Emma Jane Burgess - View this family
himself
William Henry Hyder
Birth: October 21, 1876Vandever, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 29, 1918Vandever, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: July 4, 1915Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
9 months
son
Ulish Hyder
Birth: April 1, 1916 39 26Vandever, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 1993
19 months
daughter
Lillie M Hyder
Birth: November 3, 1917 41 28Tennessee, United States
Death: August 27, 2011Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Jesse Brown Webb + Emma Jane Burgess - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: after 1918
8 years
step-daughter
Alice Webb
Birth: December 8, 1925 69 36Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 24, 2003