The Shemwell Family

Andrew Bolin JohnsonAge: 80 years18681949

Name
Andrew Bolin Johnson
Given names
Andrew Bolin
Surname
Johnson
Birth December 16, 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 16 days)

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 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageBertha D ClaggView this family
October 3, 1896 (Age 27 years)
Note: Marriage info found on Findagrave Site
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 son
#1
Virgil M Johnson
November 20, 1907 (Age 38 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 60 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 72 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 October 11, 1949 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graceland Cemetery
Family with Bertha D Clagg - View this family
himself
Andrew Bolin Johnson
Birth: December 16, 1868South Muddy, Jasper, Illinois, United States
Death: October 11, 1949Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
wife
Bertha D Clagg
Birth: January 1877Newton, Jasper, Illinois, United States
Death: February 18, 1971Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 3, 1896Illinois, United States
11 years
son
Virgil M Johnson
Birth: November 20, 1907 38 30Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: May 1, 1996Lakeside, San Diego, California, United States

Marriage
Marriage info found on Findagrave Site
Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Bolin Johnson - Household

Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Johnson, Andrew BheadMW41M213ILOHOHEnglishFarmerGeneral farmOAYesYesOMF
Johnson, BerthawifeFW32M1343ILILILEnglishNoneYesYes
Johnson, DeweysonMW11SMOILILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Johnson, Virgil MsonMW3SMOILILNone
Johnson, RasseausonMW0 years 3 monthsSMOILILNone
Johnson, SylvestersonMW0 years 3 monthsSMOILILNone