The Shemwell Family

Martha Jane HinchAge: 71 years18741945

Name
Martha Jane Hinch
Given names
Martha Jane
Surname
Hinch
Married name
Martha Jane Knox
Birth May 2, 1874 25 26
Birth of a brotherWheeler Hinch
April 21, 1876 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a sisterDona Hinch
June 4, 1878 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 brotherJames Hinch
about 1879 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherSteward Hinch
February 24, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Census June 27, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherTruman Henry Hinch
September 17, 1881 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLucinda Monday
January 28, 1883 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterDora Hinch
May 21, 1883 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherErnest Hinch
October 1, 1885 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Hinch
January 19, 1888 (Age 13 years)
MarriageSamuel Elbert KnoxView this family
December 24, 1893 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 brotherWheeler Hinch
August 6, 1901 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherLorenzo Dow Harris
February 23, 1902 (Age 27 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAnnie Malinda Sherrill
February 26, 1909 (Age 34 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Hinch
March 23, 1909 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sisterDora Hinch
March 24, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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/
Death of a fatherJames Nathan Hinch
January 6, 1929 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 motherEmily Harris
September 29, 1932 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandSamuel Elbert Knox
November 6, 1942 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 November 24, 1945 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Harris Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 25, 1872Tennessee, United States
10 months
elder brother
Gaither E Hinch
Birth: November 26, 1872 24 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 18, 1947Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
17 months
herself
Martha Jane Hinch
Birth: May 2, 1874 25 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 1945Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Wheeler Hinch
Birth: April 21, 1876 27 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 6, 1901Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
19 months
younger brother
14 months
younger brother
Steward Hinch
Birth: February 24, 1880 31 32Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 7, 1960Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
19 months
younger brother
Truman Henry Hinch
Birth: September 17, 1881 33 33Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 20, 1946Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
20 months
younger sister
Dora Hinch
Birth: May 21, 1883 34 35Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 24, 1910Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Ernest Hinch
Birth: October 1, 1885 37 37Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 18, 1964Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ida Hinch
Birth: January 19, 1888 39 40Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 29, 1973Tennessee, United States
Family with Samuel Elbert Knox - View this family
husband
Samuel Elbert Knox
Birth: October 23, 1867Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 6, 1942Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
herself
Martha Jane Hinch
Birth: May 2, 1874 25 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 1945Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1893Tennessee, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Hinch - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hinch, JamesWM29headMFarmerTNTNTN
Hinch, EmilyWF32wifeMKeeping HouseTN
Hinch, GaitherWM6sonSTNTNTN
Hinch, MarthaWF5daughterSTNTNTN
Hinch, WheelerWM3sonSTNTNTN
Hinch, DonnaWF2daughterSTNTNTN
Hinch, JamesWM1sonSTNTNTN