The Shemwell Family

James Marion HaleAge: 70 years18591930

Name
James Marion Hale
Given names
James Marion
Surname
Hale
Birth December 19, 1859 26 26
Note: Find-A-Grave, Hale Cemetery, Oak Grove, Yocum Township, Carroll, Arkansas, USA tombstone photo shows he was born in 1862. However, he is listed as being born in 1859 in the 1860 Census. Further other records from Ancestry state he was born on Dec 19, 1859.
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 11, 1860 (Age 7 months)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 months)

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 7 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 7 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 9 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
Marriage of a parentWilliam Washington HaleBelzora Amanda HoodView this family
January 9, 1870 (Age 10 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Parrish
about 1870 (Age 10 years)
Census July 2, 1870 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Martin Hale
December 7, 1870 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-sisterSusan Hale
1872 (Age 12 years)
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 half-brotherElisha Green Hale
April 18, 1873 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherGeorge Washington Hale
October 25, 1875 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-brotherThomas A Hale
1878 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 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 16, 1880 (Age 20 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Washington HaleMargaret E SellersView this family
August 29, 1882 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Elijah Hale
May 26, 1883 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 half-brotherElisha Green Hale
November 16, 1919 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 69 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 July 9, 1930 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hale Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1847Carroll, Arkansas, United States
8 years
elder sister
Mary Jane Hale
Birth: June 1854 21 21Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death:
2 years
elder brother
Jeremiah Lafayette “Fate” Hale
Birth: June 1856 23 23Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1935Arkansas, United States
4 years
himself
James Marion Hale
Birth: December 19, 1859 26 26Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 9, 1930Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Belzora Amanda Hood - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 9, 1870Carroll, Arkansas, United States
11 months
half-brother
William Martin Hale
Birth: December 7, 1870 37 19Oak Grove, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 13, 1954Carroll, Arkansas, United States
2 years
half-sister
16 months
half-brother
Elisha Green Hale
Birth: April 18, 1873 40 21Yocum, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 16, 1919Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
3 years
half-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
half-brother
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

Birth
Find-A-Grave, Hale Cemetery, Oak Grove, Yocum Township, Carroll, Arkansas, USA tombstone photo shows he was born in 1862. However, he is listed as being born in 1859 in the 1860 Census. Further other records from Ancestry state he was born on Dec 19, 1859.
Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William Washington Hale - Household

Hickory, Carroll, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Halehead27MWFarmer400500TN
Elizabeth Halewife27FWTN
Mary J Haledaughter6FWAR
Lafayette Haleson4MWAR
James M Haleson1MWAR

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William Washington Hale - Household

Hickory, Carroll, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hale, William Whead35MWFarming300525TNJan
Hale, Belzaninwife14FWKeeping HouseILJan
Hale, Mary Janedaughter16FWARinsane
Hale, Jeremiah Lson14MWAR
Hale, Jamesson12MWARxx

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