The Shemwell Family

Curtis Everett TaylorAge: 45 years18961942

Name
Curtis Everett Taylor
Given names
Curtis Everett
Surname
Taylor
Birth July 22, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 months)
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
MarriageGertrude BowmanView this family
November 14, 1914 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Allen Taylor
May 22, 1915 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 1, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Michael Allen Taylor
September 26, 1937 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 16, 1942 (Age 45 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Long Point Cemetery
Family with Gertrude Bowman - View this family
himself
Curtis Everett Taylor
Birth: July 22, 1896Niantic, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: March 16, 1942Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
wife
Gertrude Bowman
Birth: January 27, 1895Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: January 2, 1987Denver, Colorado, United States
Marriage: November 14, 1914Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
6 months
son
Charles Allen Taylor
Birth: May 22, 1915 18 20Niantic, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: November 29, 1989Seminole, Florida, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Curtis Everett Taylor - Household

Niantic, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Taylor, EverittheadRMW23MYesYesILKYILYesDriverCoal MineW
Taylor, GertrudewifeFW24MYesYesKSOHILYesNone
Taylor, CharlessonMW4 years 7 monthsSILILKSNone
Taylor, FranksonMW3 years 9 monthsSILILKSNone
Taylor, DalesonMW0 years 6 monthsSILILKSNone