The Shemwell Family

Sarah J WyattAge: 72 years18761948

Name
Sarah J Wyatt
Given names
Sarah J
Surname
Wyatt
Married name
Sarah J Bolin
Birth September 17, 1876 34 29
Birth of a sisterMelinda Caroline Wyatt
October 9, 1878 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherArthur Jacob “Jake” Wyatt
December 13, 1878 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 months)

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 half-brotherJohn Tillman Wyatt
March 3, 1881 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Sampson Wyatt
September 21, 1881 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJoseph “Joe” Wyatt
March 9, 1885 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherRiley C Wyatt
April 19, 1885 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMahala Emmaline “Haley” Wyatt
July 13, 1890 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterRebecca Jane Wyatt
December 31, 1890 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSimeon Selby
June 19, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Jane Hyder
between 1880 and 1900 (Age 3 years)

Census June 28, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Death of a fatherJames Sampson Wyatt
June 9, 1896 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 motherMary Catherine Selby
September 23, 1916 (Age 40 years)
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
Death of a half-brotherJoseph “Joe” Wyatt
March 9, 1917 (Age 40 years)

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/
Death of a sisterMillie C Wyatt
December 17, 1923 (Age 47 years)
Burial of a sisterMillie C Wyatt
December 19, 1923 (Age 47 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Myers Cemetery
Death of a half-brotherArthur Jacob “Jake” Wyatt
July 28, 1924 (Age 47 years)
Cause: Shot from 38 Pistol in the hands of Ed Reaves
Burial of a half-brotherArthur Jacob “Jake” Wyatt
July 29, 1924 (Age 47 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thomas Cemetery
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
Death of a sisterMelinda Caroline Wyatt
May 25, 1942 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Franklin Wyatt
December 20, 1944 (Age 68 years)
Cause: Myocardial Failure
Burial of a brotherJesse Franklin Wyatt
December 22, 1944 (Age 68 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 of a brotherLloyd Thomas “Tom” Wyatt
January 26, 1947 (Age 70 years)
Cause: Senile Myocarditis
Burial of a brotherLloyd Thomas “Tom” Wyatt
January 27, 1947 (Age 70 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thomas Springs Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death October 8, 1948 (Age 72 years)
Burial October 9, 1948 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thomas Springs Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1862
2 years
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
Rebecca Jane Wyatt
Birth: November 19, 1865 23 18Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 31, 1890Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
14 months
elder sister
Millie C Wyatt
Birth: August 9, 1871 29 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1923Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
15 months
elder brother
Hiram Nathaniel Wyatt
Birth: November 8, 1872 30 25Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 1960Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
4 years
herself
Sarah J Wyatt
Birth: September 17, 1876 34 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 8, 1948Clifty, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Melinda Caroline Wyatt
Birth: October 9, 1878 36 31Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 25, 1942Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Sampson Wyatt
Birth: September 21, 1881 39 34Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 11, 1964Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
4 years
younger brother
Riley C Wyatt
Birth: April 19, 1885 42 38Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 4, 1967Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Father’s family with Elizabeth Patton - View this family
father
step-mother
Not married:
half-brother
Arthur Jacob “Jake” Wyatt
Birth: December 13, 1878 36 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 28, 1924Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
half-brother
4 years
half-brother
Joseph “Joe” Wyatt
Birth: March 9, 1885 42 30Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 9, 1917
5 years
half-sister
Mahala Emmaline “Haley” Wyatt
Birth: July 13, 1890 48 36Tennessee, United States
Death: July 12, 1953Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Sampson Wyatt - Household

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Wyatt, SampsonWM37headMFarmerTNNCNC
Wyatt, MaryWF33wifeMKeeping houseTNTNTN
Wyatt, ThomasWM16sonSat homeTNTNTN
Wyatt, JaneWF14daughterSat homeTNTNTN
Wyatt, JamesWM12sonSat homeTNTNTN
Wyatt, JesseWM10sonSat homeTNTNTN
Wyatt, EmilliaWF8daughterSat homeTNTNTN
Wyatt, HiramWM6sonSat homeTNTNTN
Wyatt, SarahWF3daughterSat homeTNTNTN
Wyatt, CarolineWF1daughterSat homeTNTNTN
Wyatt, JacobWM1sonSat homeTNTNTN