William Pinkney BreezeelAge: 88 years1870–1959
- Name
- William Pinkney Breezeel
- Given names
- William Pinkney
- Surname
- Breezeel
 Birth | December 1870 47 39 |
 Marriage | Etie Farmer — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 7 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 9 years) |
 Death of a mother | Nancy Shemwell 1892 (Age 21 years) |
| Marriage | Etta Valenta Holmes — View this family calculated 1897 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Willis Washington Breezeel July 1897 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 |
| Census | June 18, 1900 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Guy R Breezeel October 23, 1903 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Nancy Rebecca Breezeel December 19, 1908 (Age 38 years) Address: Near Oak Level |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Milas Breezeel January 31, 1911 (Age 40 years) Cause: Killed while felling a tree |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Irene Breezeel October 25, 1916 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 45 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Divorce | Etta Valenta Holmes — View this family between 1917 and 1920 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 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 47 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Guy R Breezeel — Bertha Joan Badgett — View this family about 1922 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Juanita Breezeel June 24, 1923 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a sister | Dora Laura Breezeel August 11, 1924 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Rudy Virl Breezeel November 4, 1924 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Novis Barton “Bob” Breezeel May 1, 1929 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 58 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 |
| Census | April 8, 1930 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a sister | Susan Jane “Susie” Breezeel October 12, 1932 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a sister | Amanda Louvena Breezeel October 12, 1932 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a wife | Etta Valenta Holmes May 3, 1937 (Age 66 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Novis Barton “Bob” Breezeel February 26, 1942 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 brother | Henry Lee Breezeel February 3, 1952 (Age 81 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 |
| Death of a wife | Etie Farmer 1954 (Age 83 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 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 | November 11, 1959 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Carter's Mill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Willis Washington Breezeel Birth: May 19, 1823 43 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 1897 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Shemwell Birth: July 8, 1831 38 31 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1892 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 20, 1855 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months elder sister |
Susan Jane “Susie” Breezeel Birth: May 24, 1856 33 24 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 12, 1932 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Amanda Louvena Breezeel Birth: March 28, 1858 34 26 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 12, 1932 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Jamie Lee Breezeel Birth: August 10, 1860 37 29 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1860 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
George Milas Breezeel Birth: October 6, 1862 39 31 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 31, 1911 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Dora Laura Breezeel Birth: May 10, 1865 41 33 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1924 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Henry Lee Breezeel Birth: June 23, 1868 45 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 3, 1952 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years himself |
William Pinkney Breezeel Birth: December 1870 47 39 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 11, 1959 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Ursula Morgan Pearson |
| father |
Willis Washington Breezeel Birth: May 19, 1823 43 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 1897 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Ursula Morgan Pearson Birth: estimated 1827 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1854 |
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Marriage: 1845 — |
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7 years half-sister |
Nancy Rebecca Breezeel Birth: October 1851 28 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 19, 1908 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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-5 years half-sister |
Uneta Elizabeth “Betsey” Breezeel Birth: estimated 1846 22 19 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years half-brother |
Tandy Trice Breezeel Birth: 1849 25 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Family with Etta Valenta Holmes |
| himself |
William Pinkney Breezeel Birth: December 1870 47 39 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 11, 1959 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| ex-wife |
Etta Valenta Holmes Birth: November 11, 1880 40 41 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 3, 1937 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1897 — |
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Divorce: between 1917 and 1920 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years son |
Guy R Breezeel Birth: October 23, 1903 32 22 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 10, 1967 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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13 years daughter |
Irene Breezeel Birth: October 25, 1916 45 35 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1992 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Etie Farmer |
| himself |
William Pinkney Breezeel Birth: December 1870 47 39 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 11, 1959 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Etie Farmer Birth: 1890 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1954 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
William Pinkney Breezeel has 38 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (38)
Parents Isaac Shemwell + Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Lovelace Wellington Shemwell + Luvenia “Vena” Roach
Parents Pinkney H Shemwell + Sarah E Williamson
Parents Henry Cox Shemwell + Eliza Jane Reed
Parents Milous R “Miles” Shemwell + Amanda Lee Wright
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Willis Washington Breezeel - Household
Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Pinkney Breezeel - Household
Oak Level, Benton, Marshall, Ky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Pinkney Breezeel - Household
Dist. 4 Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Pinkney Breezeel - Household
Wilkins & Whitis Rd. Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Pinkney Breezeel - Household
Graves, Kentucky
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