The Shemwell Family

Alfred Whitefield FreemanAge: 75 years18681943

Name
Alfred Whitefield Freeman
Given names
Alfred Whitefield
Surname
Freeman
Birth June 20, 1868 31 32
Death of a maternal grandmotherUradice “Dicey” Shemwell
July 26, 1869 (Age 13 months)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 6 months)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census August 24, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy L Freeman
1871 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherDugger Michael Freeman
1873 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 19, 1880 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas S Long
June 21, 1887 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 daughter
#1
Mollie L Freeman
August 1899 (Age 31 years)
Census June 18, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Pannie E Freeman
1901 (Age 32 years)
Death of a motherNancy Jane Long
December 8, 1901 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Joseph G Freeman
1902 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Emma C Freeman
1905 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Jonie Freeman
1907 (Age 38 years)
Death of a brotherDugger Michael Freeman
June 24, 1907 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Lucy J Freeman
1909 (Age 40 years)
Census May 9, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a son
#7
George Freeman
1913 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherJames Graham Freeman
January 11, 1915 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 19, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Decator Freeman
June 20, 1924 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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
Census April 14, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Nevins Freeman
May 27, 1933 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 October 17, 1943 (Age 75 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 1, 1856Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
-15 months
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
George E G Freeman
Birth: 1862 25 25Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
4 years
elder sister
4 years
himself
4 years
younger sister
Nancy L Freeman
Birth: 1871 34 34Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Dugger Michael Freeman
Birth: 1873 36 36Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 24, 1907Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Family with Maggie Brooks - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Mollie L Freeman
Birth: August 1899 31 21Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Pannie E Freeman
Birth: 1901 32 22Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
son
Joseph G Freeman
Birth: 1902 33 23Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
4 years
daughter
Emma C Freeman
Birth: 1905 36 26Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
Jonie Freeman
Birth: 1907 38 28Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
Lucy J Freeman
Birth: 1909 40 30Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
5 years
son
George Freeman
Birth: 1913 44 34Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
daughter
Private

Alfred Whitefield Freeman has 7 first cousins recorded

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James Graham Freeman - Household

Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Freeman, Grahamhead33MWfarmerNC
Freeman, Nancy Jwife33FWNC
Freeman, Williamson12MWNC
Freeman, Johnson10MWNC
Freeman, Georgeson8MWNC
Freeman, Deliadaughter5FWNC
Freeman, Alfredson2MWNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Whitefield Freeman - Household

Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Freeman, Alfred WheadMW42M11NCNCNCfarmer
Freeman, Maggie LwifeFW32M1186NCNCNC
Freeman, Mollie LdaughterFW10SNCNCNC
Freeman, Pannie EdaughterFW9SNCNCNC
Freeman, Joseph GsonMW8SNCNCNC
Freeman, Emma CdaughterFW5SNCNCNC
Freeman, JaniedaughterFW3SNCNCNC
Freeman, Lucy JdaughterFW1SNCNCNC