The Shemwell Family

William Henderson DickensAge: 61 years18721934

Name
William Henderson Dickens
Given names
William Henderson
Surname
Dickens
Birth August 9, 1872
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageSarah Ellen TysingerView this family
January 20, 1898 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 43 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 44 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 45 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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
Death May 6, 1934 (Age 61 years)
Family with Sarah Ellen Tysinger - View this family
himself
William Henderson Dickens
Birth: August 9, 1872North Carolina, United States
Death: May 6, 1934Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
wife
Sarah Ellen Tysinger
Birth: January 21, 1871 35 31Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 3, 1945Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: January 20, 1898Davidson, North Carolina, United States