The Shemwell Family

Willie Lee DialAge: 90 years18751965

Name
Willie Lee Dial
Given names
Willie Lee
Surname
Dial
Birth April 30, 1875 43 40
Birth of a brotherWalter Malcomb Dial
June 16, 1878 (Age 3 years)
No Biological Children
No Known Biological Children

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 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 5, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterIda Dial
February 6, 1897 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sisterAlice Dial
January 26, 1898 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 25 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherMary Parham
1911 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Louisa Dial
October 3, 1914 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Andrew Dial
June 30, 1916 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 42 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 41 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 42 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 54 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 55 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Montgomery Dial
February 6, 1941 (Age 65 years)

Death of a sisterMartha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial
September 3, 1944 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 74 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 brotherWalter Malcomb Dial
September 9, 1954 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Belle “Nannie” Dial
October 1, 1957 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 70 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 December 11, 1965 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
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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
himself
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
younger brother
Walter Malcomb Dial
Birth: June 16, 1878 46 43Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: September 9, 1954Austin, Travis, Texas, United States

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

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Andrew Dial - Household

Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Dial, Will AheadMW77M57GASCNCOwn Income
Dial, MarywifeFW74M57129TNTNTN
Dial, ElladaughterFW40STXGATN
Dial, WillsonMW36STXGATNPlumberOwn Shop
McKee, DinkdaughterFW50WdTXGATNOwn Income