The Shemwell Family

James Thomas Hall1865

Name
James Thomas Hall
Given names
James Thomas
Surname
Hall
Birth about 1865 22 19
Marriage of a parentRev. William Benjamin BrewerRebecca Jane WebbView this family
estimated 1865

Birth of a half-sisterSarah Ann Brewer
November 17, 1866 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 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 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-sisterFlora Ellen Brewer
March 10, 1869 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 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 half-brotherJesse Crocket Brewer
about 1870 (Age 5 years)
Census July 6, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEliza Emeline “Emma” Brewer
October 9, 1873 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Loyd Brewer
September 7, 1875 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-sisterRebecca Jane Brewer
September 14, 1877 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 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 half-brotherEli Brewer
April 17, 1880 (Age 15 years)
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Benton Brewer
September 1, 1882 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann “Betsie” Selby
September 20, 1886 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-sisterGertrude “Gertie” Brewer
June 6, 1890 (Age 25 years)
Death of a half-brotherJesse Crocket Brewer
1890 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a half-sisterZanie Frances Brewer
September 17, 1892 (Age 27 years)
Death of a half-sisterEliza Emeline “Emma” Brewer
December 17, 1896 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 half-brotherEli Brewer
February 11, 1905 (Age 40 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Monroe Webb Sr.
July 10, 1905 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 64 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 half-sisterFlora Ellen Brewer
February 14, 1934 (Age 69 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Jane Webb
March 23, 1936 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 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 half-brotherJohn Benton Brewer
May 5, 1951 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 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 half-brotherWilliam Loyd Brewer
January 30, 1960 (Age 95 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah Ann Brewer
September 19, 1964 (Age 99 years)
Death of a half-sisterRebecca Jane Brewer
May 23, 1966 (Age 101 years)
Death of a half-sisterZanie Frances Brewer
June 23, 1973 (Age 108 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1863
3 years
himself
James Thomas Hall
Birth: about 1865 22 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Mother’s family with Rev. William Benjamin Brewer - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1865
23 months
half-sister
2 years
half-sister
Flora Ellen Brewer
Birth: March 10, 1869 25 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 14, 1934Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
half-brother
Jesse Crocket Brewer
Birth: about 1870 25 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1890Norwood, Wright, Missouri, United States
4 years
half-sister
Eliza Emeline “Emma” Brewer
Birth: October 9, 1873 29 27Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1896Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
half-brother
William Loyd Brewer
Birth: September 7, 1875 31 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 30, 1960Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
2 years
half-sister
Rebecca Jane Brewer
Birth: September 14, 1877 33 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 23, 1966Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
half-brother
Eli Brewer
Birth: April 17, 1880 36 34Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 11, 1905Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
half-brother
John Benton Brewer
Birth: September 1, 1882 38 36Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 5, 1951Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
8 years
half-sister
Gertrude “Gertie” Brewer
Birth: June 6, 1890 46 44Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1980Kissimmee, Osceola, Florida, United States
2 years
half-sister
Zanie Frances Brewer
Birth: September 17, 1892 48 46Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 23, 1973Belle, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States

James Thomas Hall 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