The Shemwell Family

Name
Emily Harris
Given names
Emily
Surname
Harris
Married name
Emily Hinch
Birth December 24, 1847 31 24
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
Birth of a sisterSusan J Harris
December 9, 1852 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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
MarriageJames Nathan HinchView this family
January 25, 1872 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Gaither E Hinch
November 26, 1872 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Martha Jane Hinch
May 2, 1874 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Wheeler Hinch
April 21, 1876 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Dona Hinch
June 4, 1878 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 30 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 son
#5
James Hinch
about 1879 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Steward Hinch
February 24, 1880 (Age 32 years)
Census June 27, 1880 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Truman Henry Hinch
September 17, 1881 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherLucinda Monday
January 28, 1883 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Dora Hinch
May 21, 1883 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Ernest Hinch
October 1, 1885 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Ida Hinch
January 19, 1888 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sisterSusan J Harris
July 22, 1892 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childSamuel Elbert KnoxMartha Jane HinchView this family
December 24, 1893 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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
Marriage of a childGaither E HinchMildred Ann HollowayView this family
October 27, 1899 (Age 51 years)
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 52 years)
Death of a sonWheeler Hinch
August 6, 1901 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Truman Dudley Hinch
November 23, 1901 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherLorenzo Dow Harris
February 23, 1902 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childJames Robert ParhamDona HinchView this family
October 4, 1903 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childSteward HinchRebecca Oxler SherrillView this family
December 14, 1904 (Age 56 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Arnie Frances Parham
January 20, 1905 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childChatman Barkley ReedIda HinchView this family
March 19, 1905 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Roy Onis Hinch
August 19, 1905 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
James Russell “Jay” Hinch
February 24, 1906 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Dora Mabel Parham
July 6, 1906 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Dasie Pearl Hinch
May 20, 1907 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Arius Earl Parham
April 21, 1908 (Age 60 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Washington Abraham ReedDora HinchView this family
March 11, 1909 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Sallie Lennas Parham
December 7, 1909 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Millard Parham
1910 (Age 62 years)
Death of a daughterDora Hinch
March 24, 1910 (Age 62 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 62 years)
Death of a granddaughterSallie Lennas Parham
June 26, 1910 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childErnest HinchRosa Lena KerleyView this family
January 1, 1911 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Roscoe Hooper Hinch
January 8, 1911 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Carl Parham
April 9, 1911 (Age 63 years)
Death of a grandsonCarl Parham
July 1, 1911 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Willis Jewel Reed
April 10, 1912 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Elsie Persetta Hinch
July 28, 1913 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
James E Parham
October 9, 1913 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#15
Lois E Hinch
November 25, 1913 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 68 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
#16
Ava Lee “Scrapie” Hinch
September 16, 1917 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 70 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/
Census January 26, 1920 (Age 72 years)
Death of a husbandJames Nathan Hinch
January 6, 1929 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 81 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 September 29, 1932 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Spring City Cemetery
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