The Shemwell Family

Nannie R JohnsonAge: 68 years18631932

Name
Nannie R Johnson
Given names
Nannie R
Surname
Johnson
Married name
Nannie R Shaw
Birth December 24, 1863
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 years)
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 3 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 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 34 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
MarriageSamuel Washington ShawView this family
May 7, 1899 (Age 35 years)
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Alonzo “Bill” Shaw Sr
November 6, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Census May 6, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 17, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
William Alonzo “Billy” Shaw Jr
December 17, 1923 (Age 59 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Alonzo “Bill” Shaw SrHelen J DawsonView this family
September 16, 1926 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 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 June 17, 1932 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olive Cemetery
Family with Samuel Washington Shaw - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 7, 1899Ellis, Texas, United States
18 months
son
Samuel Washington Shaw + Emma Verna Feeback - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Emma Verna Feeback
Birth: November 1, 1871Self, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: about 1897Texas, United States
Marriage: November 21, 1895Boone, Arkansas, United States
11 months
step-son
Robert Garrison Shaw
Birth: October 1896 23 24Texas, United States
Death: 1985Pennsylvania, United States

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Washington Shaw - Household

ED 13 Ellis, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Shaw, Sam WheadWMJul187227M5ARTNARFarmer1YesYesYesRF
Shaw, NanniewifeWFDec186633M100ARMSMSYesYesYes
Shaw, GarrisonsonWMOct18963STXARAR
Oglesby, Will Jbrother-in-lawWMDec187128WdMSTNTNFarm laborer0YesYesYes

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Frank Shaw - Household

Grayson, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shaw, Robert FheadMW70M240TNTNTN
Shaw, Nancy JwifeFW63M14061ARINKY
Shaw, Samuel WsonMW37M211ARTNAR
Shaw, Nanniedaughter-in-lawFW45M11132ARMSNC
Shaw, Robert GgrandsonMW13STXARAR
Shaw, Willie LgrandsonMW9STXARAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Washington Shaw - Household

ED 115 Warwick, Virginia, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shaw, Samuel WheadrMW47MYesYesARALARYesConstructional ForemanShipyardW
Shaw, NanniewifeFW47MYesYesARTNMSYesNone
Shaw, GarrisonsonMW23SYesYesTXARARYesElectricianShipyardW
Shaw, Willie AsonMW19SNoYesYesTXARARYesElectricianShipyardW