The Shemwell Family

Thomas Harmon HinchAge: 59 years18391899

Name
Thomas Harmon Hinch
Given names
Thomas Harmon
Surname
Hinch
Birth October 9, 1839 35 38
Birth of a sisterRebecca Caroline “Callie” Hinch
August 19, 1843 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Molly” Shemwell
1843 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn “Jack” Parham Jr.
October 18, 1846 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Census October 5, 1850 (Age 10 years)
Death of a motherAnn “Anna” Parham
March 1, 1859 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 22, 1860 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Samuel Hinch
July 25, 1862 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 27 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 27 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 29 years)

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
Census August 22, 1870 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 38 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a brotherJames Nathaniel Hinch
1879 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 March 7, 1899 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tollett Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1824
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
-2 months
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
Andrew Jackson Hinch
Birth: December 9, 1831 27 30Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 16, 1918Catoosa, Morgan, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
2 years
himself
Thomas Harmon Hinch
Birth: October 9, 1839 35 38Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 7, 1899Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister

Thomas Harmon Hinch has 39 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - John Hinch - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John Hinchhead46MWFarmerKY
Ann Hinchwife46FWGA
Nathan Hinchson20MWLaborerTN
Jackson Hinchson17MWTN
Curtis Hinchson14MWTN
Nancy J Hinchdaughter13FWTN
Harmon Hinchson10MWTN
Caroline Hinchdaughter6FWTN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John Samuel Hinch - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John Hinchhead54MWFarmerKY
Thomas H Hinchson20MWFarmerTN
Rebecca C Hinchdaughter16FWHouse KeeperTN
John C Hinchson25MWFarmerTNY
Martha C Hinchdaughter in law15FWTNY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Curtis Hinch - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hinch, J Chead35MWFarmerTN
Hinch, Martha Cwife25FWKeeping HouseTN
Hinch, John Hson7MWTN
Hinch, Emily Bdaughter5FWTN
Hinch, Anna Jdaughter3FWTN
Hinch, Issac Cson1MWTN
Hinch, T Hyounger brother31MWMerchant Ret.TN
Hinch, Hamby J28MWSchool TeacherTN

Who is Hamby? -b