The Shemwell Family

William Martin HaleAge: 83 years18701954

Name
William Martin Hale
Given names
William Martin
Surname
Hale
Birth December 7, 1870 37 19
Birth of a sisterSusan Hale
1872 (Age 12 months)
Note: After Susan's mother (Belzora Amanda Hood) died in 1879, she was found twice in the 1880 Census within the same Election Districts (40). She is shown in the AP Hood family and listed as a granddaughter. She is also shown with her Aunt (Rhilda Hood and husband Wesley M Brewer) and listed as a "niece".
Birth of a brotherElisha Green Hale
April 18, 1873 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Washington Hale
October 25, 1875 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas A Hale
1878 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherBelzora Amanda Hood
October 1879 (Age 8 years)
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Washington HaleMargaret E SellersView this family
August 29, 1882 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Elijah Hale
May 26, 1883 (Age 12 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 fatherWilliam Washington Hale
May 10, 1913 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 brotherElisha Green Hale
November 16, 1919 (Age 48 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 half-brotherJames Marion Hale
July 9, 1930 (Age 59 years)
Death of a half-brotherJeremiah Lafayette “Fate” Hale
1935 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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 brotherGeorge Washington Hale
March 19, 1951 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 75 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 July 13, 1954 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hale Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 9, 1870Carroll, Arkansas, United States
11 months
himself
William Martin Hale
Birth: December 7, 1870 37 19Oak Grove, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 13, 1954Carroll, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
16 months
younger brother
Elisha Green Hale
Birth: April 18, 1873 40 21Yocum, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 16, 1919Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
George Washington Hale
Birth: October 25, 1875 42 24Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 19, 1951Panama, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Elizabeth Parrish - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 1847Carroll, Arkansas, United States
8 years
half-sister
Mary Jane Hale
Birth: June 1854 21 21Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death:
2 years
half-brother
Jeremiah Lafayette “Fate” Hale
Birth: June 1856 23 23Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1935Arkansas, United States
4 years
half-brother
James Marion Hale
Birth: December 19, 1859 26 26Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 9, 1930Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Margaret E Sellers - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: August 29, 1882Carroll, Arkansas, United States
9 months
half-brother
John Elijah Hale
Birth: May 26, 1883 50 27Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 14, 1966Missouri, United States

William Martin Hale has 28 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Washington Hale - Household

ED 26 Yocum, Carroll, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hale, William WWM46headWdFarmerTNTNTN
Hale, Mary DWF24daughterSKeeping HouseXARTNTN
Hale, Jermiah LWM22sonSFarm LaborerARTNTN
Hale, James MWM21sonSFarm LaborerXARTNTN
Hale, WilliamWM9sonSXARTNTN
Hale, ElishaWM7sonSXARTNTN
Hale, George WWM4sonSARTNTN
Hale, Thomas AWM2sonSARTNTN