The Shemwell Family

Albert W HughesAge: 54 years18621916

Name
Albert W Hughes
Given names
Albert W
Surname
Hughes
Birth about 1862
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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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
MarriageNellie Ponder MintonView this family
August 3, 1904 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Margaret Clair Hughes
July 29, 1905 (Age 43 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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
Death after 1916 (Age 54 years)

Family with Nellie Ponder Minton - View this family
himself
wife
Nellie Ponder Minton
Birth: October 1880 25 24Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 9, 1943Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
Marriage: August 3, 1904Seattle, King, Washington, United States
1 year
daughter
Margaret Clair Hughes
Birth: July 29, 1905 43 24Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
Death: 1969Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Albert W Hughes - Household

S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hughes, Albert WheadMW48M16NC??OwnerLumber Mill
Hughes, Nellie PwifeFW30M1611ARMOMO
Hughes, MargaretdaughterFW5SWANCAR