The Shemwell Family

William Henry Neal1854

Name
William Henry Neal
Given names
William Henry
Surname
Neal
Birth 1854 24 24
Birth of a brotherJoseph Neal
1855 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a brotherJames Thomas Neal
March 1856 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Neal
October 1857 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterDelilah Belle “Lila” Neal
October 2, 1858 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherRev. Virgil Crittenden Neal
September 4, 1862 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Charles Neal
about 1862 (Age 8 years)
Note: Alternate death date - after 1900
Death of a motherLucinda A Hall
after 1862 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 13 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 13 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 15 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Shemwell
March 18, 1876 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Hall
December 8, 1878 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 24 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 sisterDelilah Belle “Lila” Neal
August 8, 1912 (Age 58 years)
Cause: Abscess of Liver
Burial of a sisterDelilah Belle “Lila” Neal
August 9, 1912 (Age 58 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 75 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
Death of a brotherRev. Virgil Crittenden Neal
February 3, 1940 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 87 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 brotherJames Thomas Neal
March 1952 (Age 98 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 96 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 92 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
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father
mother
Marriage: June 5, 1851Todd, Kentucky, United States
brother
elder brother
John Edward Neal
Birth: March 30, 1852 22 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
3 years
himself
2 years
younger brother
Joseph Neal
Birth: 1855 25 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 1857Todd, Kentucky, United States
15 months
younger brother
James Thomas Neal
Birth: March 1856 26 26Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 1952Sumner, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother

William Henry Neal has 29 first cousins recorded