The Shemwell Family

Nancy Jane SmithAge: 69 years18711941

Name
Nancy Jane Smith
Given names
Nancy Jane
Surname
Smith
Married name
Nancy Jane Loflin
Birth September 6, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 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 26 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
MarriageWilliam Alexander LoflinView this family
February 5, 1903 (Age 31 years)
Census May 7, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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 30, 1930 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Alexander Loflin
October 19, 1931 (Age 60 years)
Death May 23, 1941 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with William Alexander Loflin - View this family
husband
herself
Nancy Jane Smith
Birth: September 6, 1871North Carolina, United States
Death: May 23, 1941Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: February 5, 1903Davidson, North Carolina, United States
William Alexander Loflin + Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Loftin - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Loftin
Birth: December 9, 1856 30 30Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 21, 1901Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1885
17 months
step-daughter
Minnie C Loflin
Birth: June 12, 1886 28 29North Carolina, United States
Death: July 14, 1960Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
step-son
Robert Lee Loflin
Birth: September 2, 1888 31 31North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 1965North Carolina, United States
3 years
step-son
James Harrison “Jim” Loflin
Birth: October 2, 1891 34 34Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 3, 1964Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
3 years
step-son
Roby Laflin Loflin
Birth: December 4, 1894 37 37Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 13, 1935Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Loftin - Household

Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Loflin, William AheadMW57M27NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Loflin, NancywifeFW39M1720NCNCNC
Loflin, Minnie CdaughterFW23SNCNCNC
Loftin, RobertsonMW21SNCNCNCFarmLaborer
Loflin, James HsonMW18SNCNCNCFarmLaborer
Loflin, RobysonMW16SNCNCNCFarmLaborer

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Loflin - Household

Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Loflin, AlexanderheadMW65MNCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Loflin, Nancy?wifeFW49MNCNCNC
Loflin, MinniedaughterFW32SNCNCNC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Loflin - Household

Jackson Hill - Hand Road Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Loflin, William AheadMW73M46NCNCNC
Loflin, NancywifeFW58M31NCNCNC
Loflin, Minnie CdaughterFW42SNCNCNC