The Shemwell Family

James W HoodAge: 79 years18771956

Name
James W Hood
Given names
James W
Surname
Hood
Birth May 1877 32 22
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 8, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-brotherColumbus Green Hood
July 9, 1882 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-brotherSimuel Edmond Hood
October 26, 1884 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCharlie Hood
1886 (Age 8 years)
Death of a half-brotherCharlie Hood
June 1886 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Barton HoodSylvania Caroline SlusherView this family
July 15, 1887 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherElmer Ruben Hood
February 24, 1890 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLillie Frances Hood
July 1893 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherMarion Frances Hood
August 18, 1895 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherOsburn P Hood
September 21, 1895 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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 half-sisterMinnie Mae Hood
September 4, 1898 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-brotherBarton Roy Hood
October 4, 1901 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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/
Death of a fatherWilliam Barton Hood
May 18, 1929 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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 brotherAlvis David Hood
April 26, 1941 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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
Death of a half-brotherColumbus Green Hood
July 30, 1947 (Age 70 years)
Death of a half-brotherJohn Osburn Hood
December 4, 1953 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 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 68 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 8, 1956 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salem Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 28, 1874Carroll, Arkansas, United States
elder brother
Alvis David Hood
Birth: August 9, 1874 29 19Arkansas, United States
Death: April 26, 1941Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
himself
James W Hood
Birth: May 1877 32 22Lee, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 8, 1956Lee, Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Mary L Peebles - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: July 26, 1866Macoupin, Illinois, United States
14 months
half-brother
John Osburn Hood
Birth: October 8, 1867 22 19Illinois, United States
Death: December 4, 1953Spiro, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
23 months
half-brother
Norris Hood
Birth: August 1869 24 21Chesterfield, Macoupin, Illinois, United States
Death: 1870Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Sylvania Caroline Slusher - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: July 15, 1887Carroll, Arkansas, United States
-5 years
half-brother
Columbus Green Hood
Birth: July 9, 1882 37 25Poteau, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 30, 1947Shady Point, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
half-brother
Simuel Edmond Hood
Birth: October 26, 1884 39 27Missouri, United States
Death: September 24, 1969Bokoshe, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
half-brother
Charlie Hood
Birth: 1886 40 28Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 1886Oklahoma, United States
4 years
half-brother
Elmer Ruben Hood
Birth: February 24, 1890 45 32Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
Death: June 7, 1973Shady Point, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
half-sister
Lillie Frances Hood
Birth: July 1893 48 36Indian Territory, United States
Death: August 18, 1988Tarrant, Texas, United States
2 years
half-brother
Marion Frances Hood
Birth: August 18, 1895 50 38Spiro, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 29, 1994Bokoshe, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
Barton Roy Hood
Birth: October 4, 1901 56 44Indian Territory, United States
Death: November 24, 1976Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

James W Hood has 21 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Barton Hood - Household

ED 22 Williams, Stone, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hood, William BWM29headMFarmerILTNTN
Hood, Mary ElizabethWF25wifeMKeeping HouseMOTNTN
Hood, John OWM11sonSXXXILILMO
Hood, Alvis DavidWM5sonSARILMO
Hood, James WWM3sonSARILMO