The Shemwell Family

Name
Thomas James Daugherty
Given names
Thomas James
Surname
Daugherty
Birth March 15, 1868 32 23
Birth of a sisterMary Eleanor Daugherty
June 19, 1869 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 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
Census July 21, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherSammie Daugherty
June 14, 1871 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Ausburn Daugherty
July 4, 1873 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherSammie Daugherty
June 16, 1875 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Rebecca “Mattie” Daugherty
August 26, 1875 (Age 7 years)
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
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 12 years)
MarriageMartha Ann “Mattie” DenboView this family
June 2, 1897 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha Ann Daugherty
October 7, 1898 (Age 30 years)
Death of a wifeMartha Ann “Mattie” Denbo
October 7, 1898 (Age 30 years)
Death of a daughterMartha Ann Daugherty
May 18, 1899 (Age 31 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin M Daugherty
before 1900 (Age 31 years)
Note: In the 1900 Census, his wife (Fannie) is listed as a Widow
MarriageBelle Cleveland DenboView this family
January 16, 1901 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Thelma Louise Daugherty
April 24, 1902 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Thomas Wisdom Daugherty Sr
June 6, 1904 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Oceola Cleveland Daugherty
April 8, 1906 (Age 38 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Wisdom Daugherty
June 19, 1914 (Age 46 years)
Event
Thomas Wisdom Daugherty
June 20, 1914 (Age 46 years)
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/
Census January 26, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherMartha Rebecca White
July 21, 1927 (Age 59 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
Census April 11, 1930 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterMary Eleanor Daugherty
December 30, 1931 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Lee Daugherty
February 18, 1935 (Age 66 years)
Census May 10, 1940 (Age 72 years)
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
Census April 21, 1950 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a brotherWilliam Ausburn Daugherty
January 30, 1958 (Age 89 years)
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
Death March 30, 1961 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
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