The Shemwell Family

Annie Mai TollettAge: 45 years18961942

Name
Annie Mai Tollett
Given names
Annie Mai
Surname
Tollett
Married name
Annie Mai Dodd
Birth August 23, 1896 31 24
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 months)
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 paternal grandfatherSamuel Wilson Tollett
after 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJoe Lee Tollett
January 15, 1901 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice Tollett
1904 (Age 7 years)
Note: Each census her birth year changes. Her headstone does read that she was born in 1911. But the 1910 census (first census she appears in), states that she was born in 1904.
Birth of a sisterLula N Tollett
1908 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherBurrel Wilson Tollett
March 10, 1912 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 fatherJohn Wesley Tollett
July 14, 1928 (Age 31 years)
Cause: TB are in other words consumption
Note: His death month looks to be Jan or Jun. But below the doctor states that he accompanied John on July 1, 1928.
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 sisterAlice Tollett
1940 (Age 43 years)

Death of a sisterLula N Tollett
before 1942 (Age 45 years)

Note: She was not mentioned in her sister Annie's obituary.
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 January 10, 1942 (Age 45 years)
Obituary
Obituary
January 11, 1942 (1 day after death)
Burial January 12, 1942 (2 days after death)
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father
mother
Marriage: October 17, 1891Putnam, Tennessee, United States
5 years
herself
Annie Mai Tollett
Birth: August 23, 1896 31 24Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1942Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Joe Lee Tollett
Birth: January 15, 1901 35 29Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1974
4 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Lula N Tollett
Birth: 1908 42 36Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1942
4 years
younger brother
Burrel Wilson Tollett
Birth: March 10, 1912 46 40Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 8, 1971