The Shemwell Family

Charley Anna McMillanAge: 74 years18731947

Name
Charley Anna McMillan
Given names
Charley Anna
Surname
McMillan
Married name
Charley Anna Johnson
Birth May 26, 1873 35 29
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWalter JohnsonView this family
about 1894 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Mattie Rebecca Johnson
February 24, 1896 (Age 22 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Henry Harrison McMillan
April 29, 1896 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 sisterMartha E McMillan
January 1899 (Age 25 years)

Death of a sisterMary K McMillan
before 1900 (Age 26 years)
Death of a daughterMattie Rebecca Johnson
September 21, 1900 (Age 27 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Ann Alston
February 28, 1902 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
McMillan “Mack” Johnson
September 1, 1902 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mittie Johnson
October 28, 1906 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 56 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 husbandWalter Johnson
February 20, 1933 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sonMcMillan “Mack” Johnson
July 26, 1933 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 72 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 June 21, 1947 (Age 74 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1862
3 years
elder sister
Martha E McMillan
Birth: about 1864 26 20Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 1899
17 months
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
Mary K McMillan
Birth: about 1868 30 24Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1900Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States
5 years
herself
Charley Anna McMillan
Birth: May 26, 1873 35 29Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 21, 1947Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Family with Walter Johnson - View this family
husband
Walter Johnson
Birth: September 26, 1869Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 20, 1933Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States
herself
Charley Anna McMillan
Birth: May 26, 1873 35 29Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 21, 1947Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1894
2 years
daughter
Mattie Rebecca Johnson
Birth: February 24, 1896 26 22Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 21, 1900Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States
7 years
son
McMillan “Mack” Johnson
Birth: September 1, 1902 32 29Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 26, 1933Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
Mittie Johnson
Birth: October 28, 1906 37 33Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 7, 1988Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States