The Shemwell Family

Martha Belle WilliamsAge: 68 years18711940

Name
Martha Belle Williams
Given names
Martha Belle
Surname
Williams
Birth February 1871 23 23
Birth of a brotherWilliam Alfred Williams
December 8, 1872 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a sisterSarah Emaline Williams
April 8, 1876 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherRichard Alfred Williams
June 15, 1878 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 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 22, 1880 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Mae Williams
May 1882 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterJemima Williams
October 26, 1883 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherElza Arthur Williams
January 25, 1885 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Thomas Williams
January 10, 1888 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterLaura Belle Williams
November 1889 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherOsburn P Hood
September 21, 1895 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 motherMary Jane Hood
May 10, 1907 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a parentGreen Asbury WilliamsCynthia Emaline MatlockView this family
January 31, 1911 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 brotherJesse Thomas Williams
May 29, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Death of a fatherGreen Asbury Williams
March 8, 1925 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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 brotherElza Arthur Williams
September 1, 1935 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Alfred Williams
September 11, 1935 (Age 64 years)
Death 1940 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clarksburg Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1870Carroll, Arkansas, United States
14 months
herself
Martha Belle Williams
Birth: February 1871 23 23Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1940Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
22 months
younger brother
William Alfred Williams
Birth: December 8, 1872 25 24Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 11, 1935Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Sarah Emaline Williams
Birth: April 8, 1876 28 28Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 17, 1958Skiatook, Osage, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger brother
Richard Alfred Williams
Birth: June 15, 1878 30 30Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 6, 1946Carroll, Arkansas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Ida Mae Williams
Birth: May 1882 34 34Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 21, 1964Carroll, Arkansas, United States
18 months
younger sister
Jemima Williams
Birth: October 26, 1883 36 35Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 11, 1966Carroll, Arkansas, United States
15 months
younger brother
Elza Arthur Williams
Birth: January 25, 1885 37 37Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 1, 1935Carroll, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Jesse Thomas Williams
Birth: January 10, 1888 40 40Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 29, 1921Carroll, Arkansas, United States
23 months
younger sister
Laura Belle Williams
Birth: November 1889 42 41Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 1962Oklahoma, United States
Father’s family with Cynthia Emaline Matlock - View this family
father
step-mother
Cynthia Emaline Matlock
Birth: about 1862Arkansas, United States
Death: December 14, 1934Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: January 31, 1911Carroll, Arkansas, United States

Martha Belle Williams has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Green Asbury Williams - Household

Polo, Carroll, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Williams, GreenWM32headMFarmerxMOTNTN
Williams, Mary JWF29wifeMKeeping HousexILTNTN
Williams, Martha BWF10daughterSxxxARMOIL
Williams, William AWM7sonSARMOIL
Williams, Sarah EWF4daughterSARMOIL
Williams, Richard AWM1sonSARMOIL