The Shemwell Family

Hugh Francis KeelinAge: 50 years18711921

Name
Hugh Francis Keelin
Given names
Hugh Francis
Surname
Keelin
Birth February 28, 1871 33 30
Birth of a brotherRobert Taylor Keelin
January 5, 1874 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherMarcus Fayette Keelin
October 22, 1876 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherMarcus Fayette Keelin
November 12, 1876 (Age 5 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 sisterLauretta Jane Keelin
June 26, 1895 (Age 24 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
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Laswell
December 26, 1900 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ethel Geneva Keelin
July 26, 1902 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Lucile Keelin
April 18, 1908 (Age 37 years)

Death of a fatherGeorge William Keelin
August 8, 1908 (Age 37 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 July 30, 1921 (Age 50 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: March 29, 1860
10 months
elder brother
Jesse Keelin
Birth: February 1, 1861 23 20Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: February 1, 1861Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
13 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Willis Edgar Keelin
Birth: March 11, 1865 27 24Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
3 years
himself
Hugh Francis Keelin
Birth: February 28, 1871 33 30Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: July 30, 1921Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Taylor Keelin
Birth: January 5, 1874 36 33Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: August 20, 1958Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Marcus Fayette Keelin
Birth: October 22, 1876 39 36Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: November 12, 1876Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
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himself
Hugh Francis Keelin
Birth: February 28, 1871 33 30Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: July 30, 1921Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
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