The Shemwell Family

Harriet Tollett1872

Name
Harriet Tollett
Given names
Harriet
Surname
Tollett
Birth about 1872 26 30
Birth of a sisterTilda Tollett
about 1875 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 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 maternal grandfatherSimeon Selby
June 19, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Jane Hyder
between 1880 and 1900 (Age 8 years)

Census June 4, 1880 (Age 8 years)
Death of a motherSarah H Selby
1883 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 fatherSamuel Wilson Tollett
after 1900 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 brotherJohn Wesley Tollett
July 14, 1928 (Age 56 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 57 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 78 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1864Tennessee, United States
17 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
6 years
herself
4 years
younger sister

Harriet Tollett has 41 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (41)

Parents John J Henry + Milly Ann Selby
3Mary Emiel Henry18781941
Parents Wyatt + Milly Ann Selby
Parents James Sampson Wyatt + Mary Catherine Selby
2Rebecca Jane Wyatt18651890
5Millie C Wyatt18711923
7Sarah J Wyatt18761948
10Riley C Wyatt18851967
Parents Lloyd Shaw Selby + Sarah Celina Bennett
2T H B Selby18721900
3S B Selby18741900
6Lily V Selby18811923
7Pearl M Selby18881986
Parents Benjamin Franklin Selby + Sarah “Sallie” Fisk
1Fred Stanley Selby18921962
2Polly Selby18971979
3Amanda Selby18991910
Parents Benjamin Franklin Selby + Elizabeth Ann Sherrill
1Mary Angela Selby18721950
2Jesse F Selby18731900
3Sarah J Selby18751910
4Sein C Selby1878
5William Lee Selby18821925
Parents Alfred Simeon Selby + Mary A Miller
2Laura Lou Selby18881972
3Minnie Bell Selby18911940
Parents Alfred Simeon Selby + Sarah Elizabeth Mabe
1Clyde M Selby19131999
2Martha Ella Selby19152014
3Della Mae Selby19182000
4Ann Mabe Selby19212008
5Alfred Semon Selby19281994
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Wilson Tollett - Household

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Tollett, SamuelWM36headMFarmerTNTNTN
Tollett, SarahWF38wifeMKeeping houseTNTNTN
Tollett, Jas CWM16sonSLaborerTNTNTN
Tollett, SimeonWM14sonSLaborerTNTNTN
Tollett, HarrietWF8daughterSTNTNTN
Tollett, TildaWF5daughterSTNTNTN