The Shemwell Family

Charles Melvin StewartAge: 45 years18821928

Name
Charles Melvin Stewart
Given names
Charles Melvin
Surname
Stewart
Birth August 9, 1882 37 32
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Jane “Patsy” Hood
after 1884 (Age 16 months)

Note: She was mentioned as a beneficiary in Anna McGehee will written in 1884
Death of a paternal grandmotherNaomi Wise Nelson
April 16, 1885 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 1, 1900 (Age 17 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ann Smith
May 24, 1915 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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 fatherJames Martin Stewart
December 5, 1921 (Age 39 years)
Death May 8, 1928 (Age 45 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Jones Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: September 6, 1866Macoupin, Illinois, United States
14 months
elder brother
William Allen Stewart
Birth: October 30, 1867 22 17Carlinville Township, Macoupin, Illinois, United States
Death: 1953Illinois, United States
3 years
elder sister
Ida L Stewart
Birth: May 1870 25 19Franklin, Morgan, Illinois, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
Alvin W “Barney” Stewart
Birth: 1872 26 21Macoupin, Illinois, United States
Death: June 21, 1930Limestone, Peoria, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder sister
Cordelia Josephine Stewart
Birth: August 25, 1874 29 24White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States
Death: October 18, 1956Illinois, United States
2 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
Charles Melvin Stewart
Birth: August 9, 1882 37 32White Hall Township, Greene, Illinois, United States
Death: May 8, 1928Elm Grove Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Martin Stewart - Household

ED 31 White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Stewart, JamesheadWMFeb184555M33ILTNTNMail Agent0R H
Stewart, Annie EwifeWFMay185050M3376ILMOMOYesYesYes
Stewart, Alvin WsonWMMay187228SILILILClay Miner4YesYesYes
Stewart, James HsonWMNov187920SILILILTeamster3YesYesYes
Stewart, Charles MsonWMAug188217SILILILTeamster3YesYesYes
Saint, FrankgrandsonWMSept188910SILILILAt School8YesYesYes
Saint, EthelgranddaughterWFMay18928SILILILAt School8

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Martin Stewart - Household

ED 148 Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Stewart, James MheadMW64M43ILTNILNoneYesYesRH
Stewart, Elizabeth AwifeFW54M4375ILMOMONoneYesYes
Stewart, Charles MsonMW24SILILILEnglishTeamsterCoal DealerWNo0YesYes