The Shemwell Family

George Washington ChoateAge: 60 years18761936

Name
George Washington Choate
Given names
George Washington
Surname
Choate
Birth February 3, 1876
MarriageNancy Ann Sarah Carolyn HolderView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Evelyn Marie Choate
July 25, 1925 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 daughter
#2
Dorothy Lee Choate
March 20, 1932 (Age 56 years)
Death February 19, 1936 (Age 60 years)
Family with Nancy Ann Sarah Carolyn Holder - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter
Evelyn Marie Choate
Birth: July 25, 1925 49 31Linden, Perry, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 9, 2008Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
7 years
daughter
Dorothy Lee Choate
Birth: March 20, 1932 56 38Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 2, 1993Cottage Grove, Henry, Tennessee, United States

No family available