The Shemwell Family

Richard Alfred WilliamsAge: 68 years18781946

Name
Richard Alfred Williams
Given names
Richard Alfred
Surname
Williams
Birth June 15, 1878 30 30
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 22, 1880 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Mae Williams
May 1882 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterJemima Williams
October 26, 1883 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherElza Arthur Williams
January 25, 1885 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Thomas Williams
January 10, 1888 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterLaura Belle Williams
November 1889 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherOsburn P Hood
September 21, 1895 (Age 17 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
Death of a motherMary Jane Hood
May 10, 1907 (Age 28 years)
Marriage of a parentGreen Asbury WilliamsCynthia Emaline MatlockView this family
January 31, 1911 (Age 32 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
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/
Death of a brotherJesse Thomas Williams
May 29, 1921 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherGreen Asbury Williams
March 8, 1925 (Age 46 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 brotherElza Arthur Williams
September 1, 1935 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Alfred Williams
September 11, 1935 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Belle Williams
1940 (Age 61 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
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 November 6, 1946 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: High Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1870Carroll, Arkansas, United States
14 months
elder sister
Martha Belle Williams
Birth: February 1871 23 23Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1940Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
22 months
elder brother
William Alfred Williams
Birth: December 8, 1872 25 24Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 11, 1935Arkansas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Sarah Emaline Williams
Birth: April 8, 1876 28 28Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 17, 1958Skiatook, Osage, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
himself
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

Richard Alfred 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