The Shemwell Family

Name
Houston Burnside Miller
Given names
Houston Burnside
Surname
Miller
Birth January 15, 1864
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
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
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
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
MarriageSarah Ann BrewerView this family
1887 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Olive Belle “Ollie” Miller
November 12, 1888 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Arthur Miller
August 1, 1890 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ida Francis “Lucy” Miller
March 22, 1893 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James Emmett Miller
April 24, 1896 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 34 years)
Birth of a son
#6
William Ernest Miller
February 13, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Nora Angeline Miller
December 23, 1901 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Hazel Pearl Miller
January 31, 1905 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Mayme Evelyn Miller
November 2, 1907 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#10
Theodore Norman “Ted” Miller
September 26, 1909 (Age 45 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a son
#11
Chester Alton Miller
August 19, 1911 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childThomas Jefferson KerleyOlive Belle “Ollie” MillerView this family
December 30, 1913 (Age 49 years)

Marriage of a childThomas Arthur MillerOllie BurgessView this family
July 4, 1915 (Age 51 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 52 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Juanita Virginia Miller
October 24, 1917 (Age 53 years)
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/
Birth of a grandson
#2
Kermit Carl Miller
November 14, 1919 (Age 55 years)
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Stanley Vernon Miller
November 7, 1921 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Bettie Jean Scarbrough
December 18, 1924 (Age 60 years)
Marriage of a childLeonard Lee ClarkMillie J MillerView this family
about 1924 (Age 59 years)

Birth of a grandson
#5
Clifford Len Miller
March 19, 1925 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Earl Franklin Scarbrough
May 22, 1928 (Age 64 years)
Marriage of a childJames Fraley WardHazel Pearl MillerView this family
July 5, 1929 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 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 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Melba Miller
January 22, 1931 (Age 67 years)
Death of a granddaughterMelba Miller
March 24, 1931 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Virginia Josephine “Jenny” Scarbrough
May 24, 1933 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Barton G Miller
February 12, 1934 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Gerald Dale “Jerry” Miller Sr.
November 1, 1934 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Patricia Gail Lindsay
February 26, 1937 (Age 73 years)
Death of a granddaughterBettie Jean Scarbrough
July 16, 1939 (Age 75 years)
Census April 26, 1940 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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 81 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
Death January 12, 1946 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McDowell Cemetery
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