The Shemwell Family

Walter Malcomb DialAge: 76 years18781954

Name
Walter Malcomb Dial
Given names
Walter Malcomb
Surname
Dial
Birth June 16, 1878 46 43
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 23 months)
Death of a maternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterIda Dial
February 6, 1897 (Age 18 years)
Death of a sisterAlice Dial
January 26, 1898 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Census June 8, 1900 (Age 21 years)
MarriagePluma BriganceView this family
October 6, 1902 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Lillian Dial
January 21, 1904 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherMary Parham
1911 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Louisa Dial
October 3, 1914 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Andrew Dial
June 30, 1916 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a sisterMary Frances “Dink” Dial
April 13, 1918 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 38 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 39 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 childStanley Girard DavisDorothy Lillian DialView this family
September 17, 1923 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Stanley Girard Davis Jr
August 7, 1926 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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 of a brotherJames A Dial
April 22, 1931 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childEarl Howard StingleyDorothy Lillian DialView this family
before 1940 (Age 61 years)

Death of a brotherSamuel Montgomery Dial
February 6, 1941 (Age 62 years)

Military
WW2 Draft
April 27, 1942 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial
September 3, 1944 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 September 9, 1954 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 1852
11 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
Mary Frances “Dink” Dial
Birth: December 23, 1860 29 26Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: April 13, 1918Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
1 year
elder brother
William R Dial
Birth: December 31, 1861 30 27Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
Alice Dial
Birth: August 22, 1866 34 31Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: January 26, 1898Fannin, Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Ida Dial
Birth: December 21, 1868 37 34Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: February 6, 1897Fannin, Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Ella Dial
Birth: December 8, 1870 38 35Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: March 15, 1969Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
2 years
elder brother
Samuel Montgomery Dial
Birth: March 27, 1873 41 38Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: February 6, 1941
2 years
elder brother
Willie Lee Dial
Birth: April 30, 1875 43 40Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: December 11, 1965Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
3 years
himself
Walter Malcomb Dial
Birth: June 16, 1878 46 43Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: September 9, 1954Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
Family with Pluma Brigance - View this family
himself
Walter Malcomb Dial
Birth: June 16, 1878 46 43Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: September 9, 1954Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
wife
Pluma Brigance
Birth: June 7, 1883Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: May 7, 1969Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1902Collin, Texas, United States
16 months
daughter

Walter Malcomb Dial has 52 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (52)

Parents William J Rector + Elizabeth Parham
2James A Rector18411860
3Martha Ann Rector18431915
4Mary C Rector18461925
5Isaac E Rector18481900
Parents Johnson Parham Jr + Elizabeth Betsy Brown
1Sarah Jane Parham18421893
6John W Parham18521931
Parents Willaim Taylor Orme + Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham
2James Isaac Orme18511875
3Mary Tennesse Orme18531934
5Thomas Allen Orme18581948
Parents William “Bill” Parham + Sarah Brown
1Johnson M Parham18511936
2Martha Jane Parham18521935
6Sarah Jane Parham18601940
7Lucy A Parham18621911
10Alice Parham18681868
11Lafayette Parham18681868
12James Emmett Parham18691944
Parents Isaac Parham + Stacy Emma Taylor
3Stacy L Parham18591917
Parents James Washington Parham + Martha Elizabeth Stephens
3James Edwin Parham18611894
Parents Allen Parham + Mary Elizabeth Jones
1Mary Haret Parham18561940
Parents Allen Parham + Nancy Ashley
2William A Parham18661935
3Allen Parham Jr.18721943
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Andrew Dial - Household

Fannin, Texas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Dial, W AWM49headMFarmingGANC
Dial, MaryWF45wifeMKeep HposeTNGAKY
Dial, Dinky ?WF20daughterSAt HomeTXGATN
Dial, N BWF15daughterWdAt HomeTXGATN
Dial, AllieWF13daughterSAt SchoolTXGATN
Dial, IdaWF11daughterSAt SchoolTXGATN
Dial, EllaWF9daughterSAt SchoolTXGATN
Dial, SamuelWM7sonSAt SchoolTXGATN
Dial, W LWM5sonSTXGATN
Dial, W MWM2sonMTXGATN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Andrew Dial - Household

Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Dial, William AheadWMDec183169M46TNSCSCLand Lord
Dial, MarywifeWFDec183465M4686TNTNKY
Dial, SamsonWMMar187327STXTNTNGorcer Salesman
Dial, ElladaughterWFDec187029STXTNTN
Dial, Will LsonWMApr187525STXTNTNH?? Salesman
Dial, Walter MsonWMJun187722STXTNTND.G Salesman

Children count is wrong? -b