The Shemwell Family

Thomas B JonesAge: 64 years18731938

Name
Thomas B Jones
Given names
Thomas B
Surname
Jones
Birth July 5, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageOregina Ida RenvilleView this family
January 30, 1894 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Lee Archie Jones Sr.
June 6, 1895 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lynn Joy Jones
October 24, 1897 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 wifeOregina Ida Renville
before 1900 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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/
Marriage of a childLynn Joy JonesFay Beatrice BrownView this family
November 24, 1919 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Prentice Joy Jones
July 12, 1920 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childLee Archie Jones Sr.Vera Helen ConklinView this family
about 1921 (Age 47 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Doris Lavonne Jones
January 28, 1922 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Frances Marion Jones
April 16, 1922 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Donna Gwendolyn Jones
September 19, 1923 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Lee Archie Jones Jr.
July 25, 1924 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Betty Lou Jones
February 23, 1927 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Robert Douglas Jones
February 4, 1928 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Shirley Mae Jones
February 26, 1930 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Barbara Jean Jones
January 16, 1932 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Dolores Ann “Laurie” Jones
April 30, 1933 (Age 59 years)
Marriage of a childLynn Joy JonesCecile Era KentfieldView this family
March 15, 1934 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Marilyn Orella Henkel
April 22, 1934 (Age 60 years)
Death about 1938 (Age 64 years)
Family with Oregina Ida Renville - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 30, 1894Clay, Iowa, United States
16 months
son
2 years
son