The Shemwell Family

Sarah Ann BrewerAge: 97 years18661964

Name
Sarah Ann Brewer
Given names
Sarah Ann
Surname
Brewer
Married name
Sarah Ann Miller
Birth November 17, 1866 22 21
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 45 days)
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 45 days)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterFlora Ellen Brewer
March 10, 1869 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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
Birth of a brotherJesse Crocket Brewer
about 1870 (Age 3 years)
Census July 6, 1870 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterEliza Emeline “Emma” Brewer
October 9, 1873 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Loyd Brewer
September 7, 1875 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterRebecca Jane Brewer
September 14, 1877 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherEli Brewer
April 17, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Benton Brewer
September 1, 1882 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann “Betsie” Selby
September 20, 1886 (Age 19 years)
MarriageHouston Burnside MillerView this family
1887 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Olive Belle “Ollie” Miller
November 12, 1888 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a sisterGertrude “Gertie” Brewer
June 6, 1890 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Arthur Miller
August 1, 1890 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Crocket Brewer
1890 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a sisterZanie Frances Brewer
September 17, 1892 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ida Francis “Lucy” Miller
March 22, 1893 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James Emmett Miller
April 24, 1896 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sisterEliza Emeline “Emma” Brewer
December 17, 1896 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Birth of a daughter
#5
Millie J Miller
September 18, 1898 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
William Ernest Miller
February 13, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Nora Angeline Miller
December 23, 1901 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Hazel Pearl Miller
January 31, 1905 (Age 38 years)
Death of a brotherEli Brewer
February 11, 1905 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Monroe Webb Sr.
July 10, 1905 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Mayme Evelyn Miller
November 2, 1907 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#10
Theodore Norman “Ted” Miller
September 26, 1909 (Age 42 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#11
Chester Alton Miller
August 19, 1911 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childThomas Jefferson KerleyOlive Belle “Ollie” MillerView this family
December 30, 1913 (Age 47 years)

Marriage of a childThomas Arthur MillerOllie BurgessView this family
July 4, 1915 (Age 48 years)
Note: Newspaper dated Wednesday, July 7, 1915. Says solemnized Sunday at 6 pm.
Marriage of a childHenry Clay BilbreyIda Francis “Lucy” MillerView this family
March 25, 1916 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Juanita Virginia Miller
October 24, 1917 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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/
Birth of a grandson
#2
Kermit Carl Miller
November 14, 1919 (Age 52 years)
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherRev. William Benjamin Brewer
July 31, 1920 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Stanley Vernon Miller
November 7, 1921 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Bettie Jean Scarbrough
December 18, 1924 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childLeonard Lee ClarkMillie J MillerView this family
about 1924 (Age 57 years)

Birth of a grandson
#5
Clifford Len Miller
March 19, 1925 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Earl Franklin Scarbrough
May 22, 1928 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childJames Fraley WardHazel Pearl MillerView this family
July 5, 1929 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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
Census April 18, 1930 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Melba Miller
January 22, 1931 (Age 64 years)
Death of a granddaughterMelba Miller
March 24, 1931 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Virginia Josephine “Jenny” Scarbrough
May 24, 1933 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Barton G Miller
February 12, 1934 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterFlora Ellen Brewer
February 14, 1934 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Gerald Dale “Jerry” Miller Sr.
November 1, 1934 (Age 67 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Jane Webb
March 23, 1936 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Patricia Gail Lindsay
February 26, 1937 (Age 70 years)
Death of a granddaughterBettie Jean Scarbrough
July 16, 1939 (Age 72 years)
Census April 26, 1940 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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
Death of a sonJames Emmett Miller
October 16, 1945 (Age 78 years)
Death of a husbandHouston Burnside Miller
January 12, 1946 (Age 79 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Ted William Miller
July 10, 1949 (Age 82 years)
Death of a daughterNora Angeline Miller
April 12, 1950 (Age 83 years)
Census April 15, 1950 (Age 83 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Benton Brewer
May 5, 1951 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 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
Death of a brotherWilliam Loyd Brewer
January 30, 1960 (Age 93 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Ernest Miller
September 3, 1962 (Age 95 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 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 September 19, 1964 (Age 97 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McDowell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1865
23 months
herself
2 years
younger sister
Flora Ellen Brewer
Birth: March 10, 1869 25 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 14, 1934Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger brother
Jesse Crocket Brewer
Birth: about 1870 25 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1890Norwood, Wright, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger sister
Eliza Emeline “Emma” Brewer
Birth: October 9, 1873 29 27Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1896Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
William Loyd Brewer
Birth: September 7, 1875 31 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 30, 1960Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Rebecca Jane Brewer
Birth: September 14, 1877 33 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 23, 1966Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Eli Brewer
Birth: April 17, 1880 36 34Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 11, 1905Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Benton Brewer
Birth: September 1, 1882 38 36Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 5, 1951Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
8 years
younger sister
Gertrude “Gertie” Brewer
Birth: June 6, 1890 46 44Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1980Kissimmee, Osceola, Florida, United States
2 years
younger sister
Zanie Frances Brewer
Birth: September 17, 1892 48 46Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 23, 1973Belle, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
Mother’s family with Thomas Hall - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1863
3 years
half-brother
James Thomas Hall
Birth: about 1865 22 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Family with Houston Burnside Miller - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1887
22 months
daughter
Olive Belle “Ollie” Miller
Birth: November 12, 1888 24 21Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 22, 1974Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
21 months
son
3 years
daughter
Ida Francis “Lucy” Miller
Birth: March 22, 1893 29 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 9, 1987Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
James Emmett Miller
Birth: April 24, 1896 32 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 16, 1945Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Millie J Miller
Birth: September 18, 1898 34 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 2, 1996Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
17 months
son
William Ernest Miller
Birth: February 13, 1900 36 33Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1962Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
22 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
Hazel Pearl Miller
Birth: January 31, 1905 41 38Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 4, 1986Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Mayme Evelyn Miller
Birth: November 2, 1907 43 40Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 26, 2000Montgomery, Ohio, United States
23 months
son
Theodore Norman “Ted” Miller
Birth: September 26, 1909 45 42Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 3, 1986Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
23 months
son
Chester Alton Miller
Birth: August 19, 1911 47 44Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 26, 1996Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States

Sarah Ann Brewer has 36 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Rev. William Benjamin Brewer - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Brewer, Benjaminhead25MWFarmerTN
Brewer, Rebecca Jwife24FWKeeping HouseTN
Brewer, Sarah Adaughter3FWAt HomeTN
Brewer, Flora Edaughter1FWAt HomeTN
Hall, James Th.step son5MWAt HomeTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Rev. William Benjamin Brewer - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Brewer, WilliamWM36headMFarmerTNVAVA
Brewer, RebeccaWF35wifeMKeeping HouseTNVAAL
Brewer, JamesWM15sonSWorks on farmTNTNTN
Brewer, SarahWF13daughterSTNTNTN
Brewer, FloraWF11daughterSTNTNTN
Brewer, Jesse CWM9sonSTNTNTN
Brewer, Eliza EmelineWF7daughterSTNTNTN
Brewer, William LoydWM5sonSTNTNTN
Brewer, RebeccaWF2daughterSTNTNTN
Brewer, EliWM1mAprsonSTNTNTN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Houston Burnside Miller - Household

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Miller, HoustonheadWMJan186436M13KYTNTNFarmer
Miller, SarahwifeWFNov186733M1366TNTNTN
Miller, OlliedaughterWFOct188812STNKYTNAt School
Miller, ArthursonWMAug18909STNKYTN
Miller, IdadaughterWFApr18937STNKYTN
Miller, Emma(Emmett)daughterWFApr18964STNKYTN
Miller, MillydaughterWFSep18981STNKYTN
Miller, William EarnestsonWMFeb19003mSTNKYTN

Emmett is Emma and female -b

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Houston Burnside Miller - Household

Newton to Pikeville Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Miller, Houston BheadMW46M23TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Miller, Sarah AwifeFW43M231010TNTNTN
Miller, Olive BdaughterFW21STNTNTNTeacherPublic School
Miller, Thomas AsonMW19STNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Miller, Ida FdaughterFW17STNTNTN
Miller, James EsonMW14STNTNTN
Miller, Millie JdaughterFW11STNTNTN
Miller, William EsonMW10STNTNTN
Miller, Nora AdaughterFW8STNTNTN
Miller, Hazel PdaughterFW5STNTNTN
Miller, Mamie EdaughterFW2STNTNTN
Miller, Norman EsonMW7mSTNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Houston Burnside Miller - Household

Pikeville Road Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Miller, Houston BheadMW56MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Miller, Sarah AnnwifeFW53MTNTNTN
Miller, MilliedaughterFW25STNTNTN
Miller, EarnestsonMW19STNTNTNLaborerHome Farm
Miller, NoradaughterFW17STNTNTN
Miller, HazeldaughterFW15STNTNTN
Miller, MamiedaughterFW12STNTNTN
Miller, NormansonMW10STNTNTN
Miller, ChestersonMW8STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Houston Burnside Miller - Household

Nine Mile Lane Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Miller, Houston BheadMW66M24KYTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Miller, Sarah AwifeFW63M21TNTNTN
Miller, Theodore NsonMW20STNKYTNFarm LaborerFarm
Miller, Chester AsonMW18STNKYTNFarm LaborerFarm
Brewer, Becky Jmother in lawFW84Wd16TNVAAL

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Houston Burnside Miller - Household

Highway 28 Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Miller, H BheadMW76MKYRBledsoeTNFarmerFarm
Miller, Sarah AnnwifeFW73MTNRBledsoeTN
Miller, James EmmettsonMW44STNRBledsoeTNLaborerFarm
Miller, NormansonMW30STNRBledsoeTN
Miller, ChestersonMW28STNRBledsoeTNLaborerFarm