The Shemwell Family

Sanford Lee WyattAge: 57 years19121969

Name
Sanford Lee Wyatt
Given names
Sanford Lee
Surname
Wyatt
Birth May 30, 1912 44 36
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Catherine Selby
September 23, 1916 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 5, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Herbert Eugene “Gene” Wyatt
May 5, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Census May 16, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ethel Belle Wyatt
June 7, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ann Hale
February 1, 1943 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Carl Allen Wyatt
March 9, 1944 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Census May 13, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Death of a brotherBrownlow Read Wyatt Sr.
October 8, 1953 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 fatherJames Simeon “Squire Jim” Wyatt
December 31, 1959 (Age 47 years)
Cause: No Physician in attendance at death
Death of a daughterEthel Belle Wyatt
May 5, 1966 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 August 3, 1969 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lantana Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 7, 1892
3 years
elder brother
George Wyatt
Birth: January 20, 1895 27 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 21, 1895Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
Brownlow Read Wyatt Sr.
Birth: January 20, 1901 33 25Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 8, 1953Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Flora Katherine Wyatt
Birth: November 28, 1903 36 27Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 19, 1985Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
Florence Rebecca Wyatt
Birth: September 19, 1907 39 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 30, 1992Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
5 years
himself
Family with Ellen Daisy Evans - View this family
himself
wife
Ellen Daisy Evans
Birth: October 12, 1911Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 10, 2004Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
son
Herbert Eugene “Gene” Wyatt
Birth: May 5, 1930 17 18Peay, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 23, 2007
daughter
Private
daughter
Ethel Belle Wyatt
Birth: June 7, 1940 28 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 5, 1966Cumberland, Kentucky, United States
4 years
son
Carl Allen Wyatt
Birth: March 9, 1944 31 32Clifty, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 6, 2024Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

Sanford Lee Wyatt has 20 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Simeon “Squire Jim” Wyatt - Household

Newton Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wyatt, James SheadMW52MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Wyatt, Nancy AwifeFW44MTNTNTN
Wyatt, Flora CdaughterFW16STNTNTN
Wyatt, Florence RdaughterFW12STNTNTN
Wyatt, SanfordsonMW7STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Simeon “Squire Jim” Wyatt - Household

Winesap Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wyatt, James SheadMW62M24TNTNTNFarmerFarm
Wyatt, Nancy AwifeFW54M16TNTNTN
Wyatt, Moris GnephewMW11STNTNTN
Wyatt, Sanford LsonMW17M16TNTNTNFarmerFarm
Wyatt, Ellen Ddaughter in lawFW18M17TNTNTN

Next door to son Robert -b