The Shemwell Family

Mark H TollettAge: 94 years18801975

Name
Mark H Tollett
Given names
Mark H
Surname
Tollett
Birth August 11, 1880 32 26
Birth of a brotherJames Emmett Tollett
May 25, 1883 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Vern “Sallie” Tollett
August 15, 1886 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherElijah Gore Tollett
March 18, 1888 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy L “Nannie” Tollett
September 18, 1889 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterLena Risas Tollett
March 1892 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterEulah Mae Tollett
March 5, 1894 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterDelta Blanche Tollett
October 6, 1897 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 fatherCharles Kilgore “CK” Tollett
August 22, 1907 (Age 27 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam “Bill” Parham
November 15, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 February 2, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Temperance Parham
September 26, 1926 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 14, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherJames Emmett Tollett
January 10, 1941 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherElijah Gore Tollett
September 27, 1943 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Maynard “Will” Tollett
July 13, 1945 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 brotherLee Tollett
May 18, 1946 (Age 65 years)
Census April 9, 1950 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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 sisterMartha Ann Tollett
January 7, 1959 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Vern “Sallie” Tollett
April 26, 1962 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 April 22, 1975 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1874Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
10 months
elder sister
Martha Ann Tollett
Birth: November 8, 1874 26 20Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 7, 1959Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
20 months
elder brother
Lee Tollett
Birth: July 11, 1876 28 22Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 18, 1946Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
2 years
himself
Mark H Tollett
Birth: August 11, 1880 32 26Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 22, 1975Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
James Emmett Tollett
Birth: May 25, 1883 35 29Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1941Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Sarah Vern “Sallie” Tollett
Birth: August 15, 1886 38 32Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 26, 1962Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
19 months
younger brother
Elijah Gore Tollett
Birth: March 18, 1888 40 34Nine Mile, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 27, 1943Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
18 months
younger sister
Nancy L “Nannie” Tollett
Birth: September 18, 1889 41 35Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 25, 1977Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Delta Blanche Tollett
Birth: October 6, 1897 49 43Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 7, 1994Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States

Mark H Tollett has 46 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (46)

Parents Johnson M Parham + Carrie Frances Worthington
5Mary Emma Parham18811941
10Ida E Parham18911891
11Croshia H Parham18921892
12Johnnie Parham18931893
13Ada E Parham18951895
Parents John Burke Haley + Martha Jane Parham
1Rhoda L Haley18711900
3Mary C Haley18751952
4Harriet A Haley18771918
8James Sam Haley18841975
9Jewell S Haley18861969
12Grant Hobart Haley18951947
Parents Jesse Franklin Parham + Martha Caroline Lee
3Temprance Parham18791963
4Minnie Otis Parham18811971
5Della May Parham18831943
7William Lee Parham18881970
Parents William Luther Miller + Mary Emaline Parham
1James Edgar Miller18821975
2Dora Anna Miller18851976
3Sula May Miller18871940
Parents George Washington Henry + Sarah Jane Parham
1Waymon Henry18871962
2Rainey Henry18881962
4Lulu Mae Henry18911980
5James Willis Henry18931896
6Alba Henry18941987
8Guy Nelson Henry18981979
Parents William Goodhue Wilson + Lucy A Parham
1Lela Mae Wilson19011988
2James Hugh Wilson19041962
Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lee Tollett - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Tollett, LeeheadMW33STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Tollett, Elizabeth TmotherFW56Wd1111TNTNTN
Tollett, Markyounger brotherMW29STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Tollett, Emmettyounger brotherMW26STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Tollett, Sallie Vyounger sisterFW23STNTNTN
Tollett, Elijah Gyounger brotherMW22STNTNTN
Tollett, Nannieyounger sisterFW20STNTNTN
Tollett, Lena Ryounger sisterFW18STNTNTN
Tollett, Eulah Myounger sisterFW16STNTNTN
Tollett, Delta Byounger sisterFW13STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Temperance Parham - Household

Pikesville Road Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tollett, ElizabethheadFW66WdTNTNTNFarmerFarm
Tollett, MarksonMW39STNTNTNLaborerHome farm
Tollett, EmmettsonMW36STNTNTNLaborerHome farm
Tollett, SalliedaughterFW34STNTNTN
Tollett, ElijahsonMW32STNTNTNLaborerHome farm
Tollett, NanniedaughterFW30STNTNTN
Tollett, LenadaughterFW27STNTNTN
Tollett, DeltadaughterFW22STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Emmett Tollett - Household

Gollett Lane Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Tollett, EmmettheadMW46STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Tollett, Markelder brotherMW49STNTNTNPartnerGeneral Farm
Tollett, Sallie Vyounger sisterFW43STNTNTN
Swafford, Martha Aelder sisterFW55WdTNTNTN
Swafford, S CharlesnephewMW18STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Sarah Vern “Sallie” Tollett - Household

Highway 28 Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Tollett, Sallie VheadFW63NevTN
Tollett, Mark Helder brotherMW69NevTN
Swafford, Martha Aelder sisterFW74WdTN

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