The Shemwell Family

Eva Vick ChristianAge: 80 years18651946

Name
Eva Vick Christian
Given names
Eva Vick
Surname
Christian
Married name
Eva Vick Hall
Birth November 1, 1865 40 27
Birth of a sisterSusan Cordelia Christian
September 1867 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 14 months)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 14 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 years)

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 October 8, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherNicholas Christian
March 15, 1872 (Age 6 years)
Note: Obituary
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah “Sally” Shemwell
October 1877 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Died of Dropsy
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 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 12, 1880 (Age 14 years)
MarriageBenjamin HallView this family
November 5, 1884 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Theron Wade Hall
September 25, 1885 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Warden Owens Hall
January 18, 1887 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Christian
April 13, 1887 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Grooms Hall
June 4, 1887 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Geneva Hall
December 15, 1891 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Eula Blanche Hall
May 14, 1894 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Benjamin Corbett Hall
January 18, 1897 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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
Census June 19, 1900 (Age 34 years)
Marriage of a childTheron Wade HallEnola Glenn SheltonView this family
January 14, 1908 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Frances Kathleen Hall
November 29, 1908 (Age 43 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childBrodie Elby DuncanGeneva HallView this family
December 24, 1910 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Polly Shelton Hall
May 26, 1911 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Mary Carolyn Johns
May 23, 1913 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Pauline Hall Duncan
June 16, 1913 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Benjamin Thomas Johns
May 26, 1915 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Mary Glenn “Ninny” Hall
October 23, 1916 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 grandson
#7
Warren Hall Johns
March 21, 1918 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 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 52 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 27, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Brodie Elby Duncan Jr.
February 16, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Percy Wade Hall
March 10, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Jessie Mae Johns
November 14, 1921 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Randolph Warden Duncan
January 5, 1922 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
William Vick “Billy” Hall
May 21, 1922 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childWarden Owens HallClesa Franklin GantView this family
about 1923 (Age 57 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Ina Geraldine Hall
January 16, 1925 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
Morris E Duncan
October 2, 1926 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 63 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 19, 1930 (Age 64 years)
Death of a husbandBenjamin Hall
August 16, 1930 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#15
Ima Jean Johns
June 4, 1932 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#16
Elizabeth Hall
July 21, 1932 (Age 66 years)
Death of a granddaughterElizabeth Hall
July 21, 1932 (Age 66 years)
Cause: Still Birth
Birth of a grandson
#17
Warden Leahman Hall
May 4, 1938 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 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 3, 1946 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 8, 1852Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
William Christian
Birth: July 19, 1855 30 17Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 13, 1887Todd, Kentucky, United States
10 years
herself
23 months
younger sister
Susan Cordelia Christian
Birth: September 1867 42 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 29, 1953Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Family with Benjamin Hall - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 5, 1884Kentucky, United States
11 months
son
20 months
son
Grooms Hall
Birth: June 4, 1887 22 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 6, 1966Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
-5 months
son
Warden Owens Hall
Birth: January 18, 1887 22 21Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 2, 1951Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
7 years
daughter
3 years
son
Benjamin Corbett Hall
Birth: January 18, 1897 32 31Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 8, 1985Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
-5 years
daughter

Eva Vick Christian has 23 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Phillip Kenly Christian - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Christian, Kenlyhead48MWFarmerKY
Christian, Margaretwife32FWKeeping HouseKY
Christian, Williamson15MWFarm LaborerKY
Christian, Evadaughter5FWKY
Christian, Cordeliadaughter3FWKY

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Phillip Kenly Christian - Household

Sharon District, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Christian, Phillip KWM56headMfarmerKYNCKY
Christian, Margaret CWF43wifeMkeeping houseKYKYKY
Christian, Eva VWF14daughterSKYKYKY
Christian, Susan CWF12daughterSKYKYKY

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Hall - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Hall, BenjaminheadWMJuly186435M15KYVAKYfarmer
Hall, EviewifeWFNov186435M1566KYKYKY
Hall, Theron sonWMSep188514SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Hall, GroomssonWMJun188713SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Hall, WardensonWMJun188811SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Hall, Ular BdaughterWMMay18946SKYKYKY
Hall, Benjamin CsonWMJan18964SKYKYKY
Hall, GeneaneadaughterWFDec18999-5 monthsSKYKYKY

Geneva should be 1891 -b

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Hall - Household

Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hall, BenheadMW49M25KYNCKYfarmer
Hall, E VwifeFW43M2566KYKYKY
Hall, Theron sonMW24SKYKYKYfarmer
Hall, WardensonMW23SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Hall, GenevadaughterFW22SKYKYKYhousekeeper
Hall, BlanchdaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Hall, CarsonsonMW16SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Hall - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hall, BenjaminheadMW55MKYKYKYfarmer
Hall, EviewifeFW54MKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Hall - Household

Sharon and Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hall, BenheadMW65M19KYVAKYfarmer
Hall, Eva VwifeFW64M19KYKYKY