The Shemwell Family

Mattie Clementine PettyAge: 70 years18721943

Name
Mattie Clementine Petty
Given names
Mattie Clementine
Surname
Petty
Married name
Mattie Clementine Emerson
Married name
Mattie Clementine Page
Birth May 16, 1872 23 21
Birth of a sisterMaggie Thomas Petty
September 6, 1875 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherMarion John Petty
March 6, 1877 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 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 sisterMary Lillie Petty
February 18, 1880 (Age 7 years)
Death of a fatherMinas Hackney Petty
1880 (Age 7 years)
Census June 9, 1880 (Age 8 years)
Marriage of a parentDavid UnderwoodMary Catherine HincheyView this family
December 4, 1884 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterKatie Erin Underwood
December 6, 1885 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherChester Corum Underwood
August 26, 1888 (Age 16 years)
MarriageAdam B EmersonView this family
August 6, 1890 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLula Underwood
March 8, 1891 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 maternal grandfatherJohn Burton Hinchey
October 1901 (Age 29 years)
Death of a husbandAdam B Emerson
November 28, 1902 (Age 30 years)
MarriageMelvin Whitehead PageView this family
November 19, 1905 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherMary Catherine Hinchey
September 23, 1906 (Age 34 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Jane Rice
April 8, 1915 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 57 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 husbandMelvin Whitehead Page
March 9, 1941 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 March 12, 1943 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 31, 1868Henry, Tennessee, United States
-2 months
elder sister
4 years
herself
Mattie Clementine Petty
Birth: May 16, 1872 23 21Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1943Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
18 months
younger brother
Marion John Petty
Birth: March 6, 1877 28 26Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 14, 1950Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Lillie Petty
Birth: February 18, 1880 31 29Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 18, 1961Henry, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with David Underwood - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: December 4, 1884Henry, Tennessee, United States
1 year
half-sister
Katie Erin Underwood
Birth: December 6, 1885 63 35Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 24, 1971Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
half-brother
Chester Corum Underwood
Birth: August 26, 1888 65 38Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 16, 1964Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
half-sister
Lula Underwood
Birth: March 8, 1891 68 40Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1982Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Family with Adam B Emerson - View this family
husband
Adam B Emerson
Birth: March 1870Tennessee, United States
Death: November 28, 1902Henry, Tennessee, United States
herself
Mattie Clementine Petty
Birth: May 16, 1872 23 21Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1943Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: August 6, 1890Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with Melvin Whitehead Page - View this family
husband
Melvin Whitehead Page
Birth: January 22, 1874 35 30Weakley, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 9, 1941Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
herself
Mattie Clementine Petty
Birth: May 16, 1872 23 21Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1943Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: November 19, 1905Henry, Tennessee, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Minas Hackney Petty - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Petty, HackWM31headMLaborerTNNCTN
Petty, Mary CWF28wifeMHouse keeperTNNCAR
Petty, MinnieWF11daughterSTNTNTN
Petty, MattieWF8daughterSTNTNTN
Petty, ThomasWF5daughterSTNTNTN
Petty, JohnWM3sonSTNTNTN
Petty, LillieWF6mOctdaughterSTNTNTN