The Shemwell Family

Louelia M PilantAge: 80 years18681948

Name
Louelia M Pilant
Given names
Louelia M
Surname
Pilant
Married name
Louelia M Duncan
Birth April 12, 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 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
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
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
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/
MarriageJasper DuncanView this family
March 25, 1919 (Age 50 years)
Note: See findagrave memorial
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Death of a husbandJasper Duncan
December 22, 1925 (Age 57 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
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 December 31, 1948 (Age 80 years)
Obituary
Mrs Lou Pilant Duncam Obituary
January 1949 (1 day after death)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lynnhurst Cemetery
Family with Jasper Duncan - View this family
husband
herself
Louelia M Pilant
Birth: April 12, 1868Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 31, 1948Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: March 25, 1919Knox, Tennessee, United States
Jasper Duncan + Margaret Joanna Luttrell - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: October 10, 1870Knox, Tennessee, United States
Jasper Duncan + Susan Orlena Mitchell - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Susan Orlena Mitchell
Birth: June 4, 1852Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 16, 1918Tennessee, United States
Marriage: April 2, 1910Grainger, Tennessee, United States

No family available

Marriage
See findagrave memorial
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Duncan - Household

ED 119 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Dumcum, JasperheadOFMW74MYesYesTNVATNYesNone
Dumcum, Lou MwifeFW51MYesYesTNALTNYesNone