The Shemwell Family

James Emmett TollettAge: 57 years18831941

Name
James Emmett Tollett
Given names
James Emmett
Surname
Tollett
Birth May 25, 1883 35 29
Birth of a sisterSarah Vern “Sallie” Tollett
August 15, 1886 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherElijah Gore Tollett
March 18, 1888 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy L “Nannie” Tollett
September 18, 1889 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLena Risas Tollett
March 1892 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterEulah Mae Tollett
March 5, 1894 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterDelta Blanche Tollett
October 6, 1897 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 24 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam “Bill” Parham
November 15, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 36 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Temperance Parham
September 26, 1926 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 46 years)
Death January 10, 1941 (Age 57 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
elder brother
Mark H Tollett
Birth: August 11, 1880 32 26Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 22, 1975Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
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

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