The Shemwell Family

Martin Thomas ChambersAge: 36 years18951932

Name
Martin Thomas Chambers
Given names
Martin Thomas
Surname
Chambers
Birth July 23, 1895 41 39
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherEmaline McGehee
September 11, 1899 (Age 4 years)
Death of a fatherWillis C Chambers
1899 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherNancy Adeline Johnson
1899 (Age 3 years)
Note: Nancy's son, James B Chambers, was listed in the 1900 Census as an Orphan living with his half-brother (Eugene E Tilley). This suggests that Nancy died before 1900.
Census June 14, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Death of a brotherJames Burris Chambers
November 12, 1914 (Age 19 years)
MarriageNellie Viola HicksView this family
October 31, 1915 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 34 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 April 12, 1932 (Age 36 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bixby Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 4, 1875Conway, Arkansas, United States
-14 months
elder sister
5 years
elder brother
Henry Harris “Horace” Chambers
Birth: January 1, 1879 25 23Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 13, 1933England, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Mary Claudia Chambers
Birth: March 15, 1885 31 29Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 15, 1972London, Pope, Arkansas, United States
4 years
elder brother
James Burris Chambers
Birth: February 22, 1889 35 33Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 12, 1914Conway, Arkansas, United States
11 months
elder brother
Mack Daniel Chambers
Birth: January 15, 1890 36 34Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 9, 1975Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Anna L Chambers
Birth: March 14, 1892 38 36Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 1987Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
3 years
himself
Martin Thomas Chambers
Birth: July 23, 1895 41 39Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 12, 1932Mounds, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Nellie Viola Hicks - View this family
himself
Martin Thomas Chambers
Birth: July 23, 1895 41 39Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 12, 1932Mounds, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Nellie Viola Hicks
Birth: November 24, 1897Ozark, Missouri, United States
Death: March 10, 1935Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: October 31, 1915Pope, Arkansas, United States

Martin Thomas Chambers has 5 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Isaac “Ike” Barnes - Household

ED 9 McLaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
James I BarnesheadWMAug185940M4MOMOARFarmer0NoNoYes
Rutha L BarneswifeWFApr187826M421ARARARYesNoYes
Burtha L BarnesdaughterWFMay18928SARARAR2
David D BarnessonWMApr18991SARARAR
McDonald ChambersBrother-in-lawWMJan189010SARARARFarm Laborer42YesNoYes
Anna L ChambersSister-in-lawWFMar18928SARARAR2
Thomas M ChambersBrother-in-lawWMJul18946SARARAR