The Shemwell Family

Martha Uldine GlassAge: 81 years19041986

Name
Martha Uldine Glass
Given names
Martha Uldine
Surname
Glass
Married name
Martha Uldine Hughes
Married name
Martha Uldine West
Birth September 6, 1904 31 30
Birth of a sisterCharlotte Mae “Lottie” Glass
September 19, 1907 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherMartha J “Mattie” Sullivan
July 7, 1909 (Age 4 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Thomas “Bud” GlassEtta M ReynoldsView this family
about 1913 (Age 8 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Neese Sullivan
March 5, 1913 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Thomas Glass Jr
October 24, 1914 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 15 years)
MarriageHenry Mervin Hughes Sr.View this family
December 12, 1925 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Thomas “Bud” Glass
January 3, 1929 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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
Birth of a son
#1
Henry Mervin Hughes Jr
January 4, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Census April 28, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Clifford Glass
March 4, 1936 (Age 31 years)
Census May 2, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 brotherClaude Holmes Glass
July 12, 1955 (Age 50 years)
Death of a husbandHenry Mervin Hughes Sr.
October 16, 1955 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 brotherThomas Sullivan “Tommy” Glass
August 21, 1978 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sisterMary LaRue Glass
October 13, 1984 (Age 80 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Thomas Glass Jr
November 11, 1984 (Age 80 years)

Death May 1, 1986 (Age 81 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Guntersville City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 2, 1889Weakley, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Charles Clifford Glass
Birth: October 1, 1892 19 18Hollow Rock, Carroll, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 4, 1936Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Claude Holmes Glass
Birth: August 8, 1895 21 21Hollow Rock, Carroll, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 12, 1955Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Thomas Sullivan “Tommy” Glass
Birth: January 26, 1902 28 27Carroll, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 21, 1978Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
3 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Etta M Reynolds - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1913
22 months
half-brother
William Thomas Glass Jr
Birth: October 24, 1914 41 44Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 11, 1984
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
Family with Henry Mervin Hughes Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 12, 1925Etowah, Alabama, United States
4 years
son
Henry Mervin Hughes Jr
Birth: January 4, 1930 30 25Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
Death: November 25, 2006Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Henry Mervin Hughes Sr. - Household

3151 Peachtree Road Buckhead, Fulton, Georgia

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hughes, Henry MheadMW31M27ALALALDist. ManagerPacking Co.
Hughes, UldinewifeFW25M21TNTNTN
Hughes, HenrysonMW4mSGAALTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Henry Mervin Hughes Sr. - Household

1009 Hall Avenue Tifton, Tift, Georgia

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hughes, H MheadMW38MALSame PlaceSales ManagerMeat Packing Company
Hughes, EudineXwifeFW35MTNSame Place
Hughes, MervinsonMW9SGASame Place

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Henry Mervin Hughes Sr. - Household

1506 Handley Ave? Macon, Bibb, Georgia

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Hughes, Henry MheadMW51MarALManagerFrozen Foods Co.
Hughes, Uldine SwifeFW45MarTN
Hughes, Henry M JrsonMW20NevGA