The Shemwell Family

Thomas Williams1847

Name
Thomas Williams
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Williams
Birth about 1847 51 41
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Census November 1, 1850 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Eveline Williams
August 6, 1851 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 24, 1860 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 years)

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 20 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 20 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a sisterElizabeth Carolyn Williams
between 1868 and 1870 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 22 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
Death of a motherMolly Jane Cook
before 1870 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherPhilip Williams
1876 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 31 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a sisterMary Eveline Williams
December 16, 1886 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 69 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 70 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 71 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 82 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 94 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 103 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 99 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

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father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1825
2 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
Samuel Williams
Birth: about 1829 33 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
4 years
elder brother
William Williams
Birth: about 1832 36 26Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
Sarah Williams
Birth: about 1834 38 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
elder brother
Daniel Williams
Birth: about 1835 39 29Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
elder brother
John Williams
Birth: about 1836 40 30Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
George Williams
Birth: about 1838 42 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
Adolphus Williams
Birth: about 1840 44 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
Margaret Williams
Birth: about 1842 46 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
4 years
himself
Thomas Williams
Birth: about 1847 51 41Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
younger sister

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Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Philip Williams - Household

Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Philip Williamshead54MWFarmerNC
Jane Williamswife48FWTN
Samuel Williamsson21MWFarmerTN
William Williamsson18MWFarmerTN
Sarah Williamsdaughter16FWTN
Daniel Williamsson15MWTN
Dolphus Williamsson10MWTN
Margaret Williamsdaughter8FWTN
Gustavus Williamsson6MWTN
Thomas Williamsson3MWTN
John Williams14MWTN
George Williams12MWTN

Are John & George sons? -b

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Philip Williams - Household

Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Philip Williamshead64MWFarmerNC
Jane Williamswife54FWTN
Sallie Williamsdaughter29FWTN
Adolphus Williamsson20MWFarm LaborerTN
Priss Williamsdaughter19FWTN
Agustavus Williamsson16MWFarm LaborerTN
Thomas Williamsson15MWTN
Mary Williamsdaughter9FWTN

Priss?