The Shemwell Family

Thomas Green BuxtonAge: 50 years18731924

Name
Thomas Green Buxton
Given names
Thomas Green
Surname
Buxton
Birth July 26, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

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 24 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
MarriageNancy Jane “Nannie” WilliamsView this family
about 1900 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Faye B Buxton
October 26, 1906 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 January 1, 1924 (Age 50 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thompson Grove Cemetery
Family with Nancy Jane “Nannie” Williams - View this family
himself
Thomas Green Buxton
Birth: July 26, 1873Missouri, United States
Death: January 1, 1924Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
wife
Nancy Jane “Nannie” Williams
Birth: February 20, 1880 32 27Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: March 27, 1968Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Marriage: about 1900
7 years
daughter
Faye B Buxton
Birth: October 26, 1906 33 26Missouri, United States
Death: May 1978Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States

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