The Shemwell Family

William Luther MillerAge: 69 years18581927

Name
William Luther Miller
Given names
William Luther
Surname
Miller
Birth February 7, 1858
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 8 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 8 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMary Emaline ParhamView this family
about 1881 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#1
James Edgar Miller
March 12, 1882 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dora Anna Miller
February 4, 1885 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Sula May Miller
November 21, 1887 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Rufus Wilburn Miller
August 25, 1892 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sonRufus Wilburn Miller
April 15, 1894 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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
Marriage of a childJames Edgar MillerEtta Elizabeth HambyView this family
September 19, 1906 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childLouis Monroe MullinixDora Anna MillerView this family
August 19, 1915 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 childWilliam Atwood LongSula May MillerView this family
June 7, 1921 (Age 63 years)
Death October 25, 1927 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery
Family with Mary Emaline Parham - View this family
himself
wife
Mary Emaline Parham
Birth: April 4, 1859 33 32Sequatchie Valley, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 1, 1946Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1881
14 months
son
James Edgar Miller
Birth: March 12, 1882 24 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1975Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Dora Anna Miller
Birth: February 4, 1885 26 25Tennessee, United States
Death: June 1976Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Sula May Miller
Birth: November 21, 1887 29 28Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 3, 1940Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
5 years
son
Rufus Wilburn Miller
Birth: August 25, 1892 34 33Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 15, 1894Cumberland, Tennessee, United States