The Shemwell Family

Name
Charles Preston Loudermilk
Given names
Charles Preston
Surname
Loudermilk
Birth September 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMary Ellen “Molly” SmithView this family
about 1891 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Arizona “Zona” Loudermilk
September 8, 1892 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Olive M Loudermilk
October 7, 1895 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Estelle Marie “Stella” Loudermilk
October 10, 1897 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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
Census June 21, 1900 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Frances Merle “Fannie” Loudermilk
October 30, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Eunice Adele Loudermilk
August 30, 1902 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#6
William Ernest Loudermilk
February 2, 1903 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Doris “Dora” Loudermilk
December 16, 1906 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Barney Loudermilk
December 16, 1908 (Age 39 years)
Census May 6, 1910 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Ortis Preston Loudermilk
March 8, 1911 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sonBarney Loudermilk
July 23, 1914 (Age 44 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Death of a wifeMary Ellen “Molly” Smith
September 1, 1914 (Age 45 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Marriage of a childRobert Sterling HicksArizona “Zona” LoudermilkView this family
December 18, 1914 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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/
Marriage of a childClyde Edward DahlmanEstelle Marie “Stella” LoudermilkView this family
February 22, 1919 (Age 49 years)

Death of a daughterFrances Merle “Fannie” Loudermilk
November 11, 1919 (Age 50 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Gwendolyn Jane Dahlman
September 22, 1921 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Ernest LoudermilkIrene F WilsonView this family
about 1924 (Age 54 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Florence Mae Loudermilk
March 21, 1925 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childElva Solomon JohnsonEunice Adele LoudermilkView this family
August 22, 1925 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childAlbert Harold BallardDoris “Dora” LoudermilkView this family
about 1925 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Beverly J Ballard
January 27, 1926 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Charles Ernest Loudermilk
October 31, 1926 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Justus Dean Ballard
October 22, 1927 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Maree Elen Dahlman
June 26, 1928 (Age 58 years)
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
Census April 4, 1930 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Zona Pauline Ballard
April 22, 1930 (Age 60 years)
Death November 26, 1931 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rio Vista Cemetery
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