The Shemwell Family

William Carter SullivanAge: 55 years19021957

Name
William Carter Sullivan
Given names
William Carter
Surname
Sullivan
Birth April 20, 1902 24 23

Census April 20, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHenry Neese Sullivan
March 5, 1913 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
Census January 15, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 motherMay Carter
April 12, 1947 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 43 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 April 26, 1957 (Age 55 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Guntersville City Cemetery
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father
mother
May Carter
Birth: June 24, 1878Tennessee, United States
Death: April 12, 1947Marshall, Alabama, United States
Marriage: June 26, 1900Carroll, Tennessee, United States
22 months
himself

William Carter Sullivan has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Luther Thomas Sullivan - Household

Washington St. Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Sullivan, Luther TheadMW32M110TNTNTNOperatorTelegraph Office
Sullivan, MaywifeFW31M11000TNTNTN
Sullivan, Will Cadopted sonMW8STNTNTN
Glass, Larueadopted daughterFW10STNTNTN
Glass, Uldineadopted daughterFW5STNTNTN

Larue & Uldine are his sister Martha's children -b

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Luther Thomas Sullivan - Household

209 Jackson St. Sth Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Sullivan, ThomasheadMW42MTNTNTNChief DispacherN.C. St R.R.
Sullivan, May CarterwifeFW41MTNTNTN
Sullivan, William CartersonMW17STNTNTN
Sullivan, UldinedaughterFW15STNTNTN
Ray, Hazel EvelynWardEW19STNTNTN