The Shemwell Family

Margaret E Sellers1856

Name
Margaret E Sellers
Given names
Margaret E
Surname
Sellers
Married name
Margaret E Hale
Birth April 1856
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 10 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Washington HaleView this family
August 29, 1882 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Elijah Hale
May 26, 1883 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 5, 1900 (Age 44 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Washington Hale
May 10, 1913 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 73 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 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 93 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 89 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
Deathunknown

Family with William Washington Hale - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 29, 1882Carroll, Arkansas, United States
9 months
son
John Elijah Hale
Birth: May 26, 1883 50 27Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 14, 1966Missouri, United States
William Washington Hale + Belzora Amanda Hood - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: January 9, 1870Carroll, Arkansas, United States
11 months
step-son
William Martin Hale
Birth: December 7, 1870 37 19Oak Grove, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 13, 1954Carroll, Arkansas, United States
2 years
step-daughter
16 months
step-son
Elisha Green Hale
Birth: April 18, 1873 40 21Yocum, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 16, 1919Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
3 years
step-son
George Washington Hale
Birth: October 25, 1875 42 24Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 19, 1951Panama, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
step-son
William Washington Hale + Elizabeth Parrish - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: 1847Carroll, Arkansas, United States
8 years
step-daughter
Mary Jane Hale
Birth: June 1854 21 21Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death:
2 years
step-son
Jeremiah Lafayette “Fate” Hale
Birth: June 1856 23 23Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1935Arkansas, United States
4 years
step-son
James Marion Hale
Birth: December 19, 1859 26 26Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 9, 1930Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Washington Hale - Household

ED 46 Yocum, Carroll, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Hale, William WheadWMApr183367M17TNTNTNFarmer12YesYesYesOFF
Hale, Margret EwifeWFApr185644M1722MOTNTNYesYesYes
Hale, John EsonWMMay188317SARTNMOFarm Laborer0YesYesYes

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Washington Hale - Household

ED 65 Yocum, Carroll, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hale, William WheadMW77M228TNTNTNEnglishNoneNoNoOFH
Hale, Margaret EwifeFW66M22822MOUnited StatesUnited StatesEnglishNoneYesYes