The Shemwell Family

Walter JohnsonAge: 63 years18691933

Name
Walter Johnson
Given names
Walter
Surname
Johnson
Birth September 26, 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCharley Anna McMillanView this family
about 1894 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Mattie Rebecca Johnson
February 24, 1896 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 daughterMattie Rebecca Johnson
September 21, 1900 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
McMillan “Mack” Johnson
September 1, 1902 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mittie Johnson
October 28, 1906 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 60 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 February 20, 1933 (Age 63 years)
Family with Charley Anna McMillan - View this family
himself
Walter Johnson
Birth: September 26, 1869Decatur, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 20, 1933Decaturville, Decatur, Tennessee, United States
wife
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

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