The Shemwell Family

Name
William Harm Webb
Given names
William Harm
Surname
Webb
Birth October 9, 1876 27 22
Birth of a brotherAuthur Webb
April 7, 1878 (Age 17 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherGaither Webb
April 1, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Census June 23, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherNathan Sylvanous Webb
September 13, 1881 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWillaim Taylor Orme
January 20, 1883 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherErnest Webb
June 24, 1884 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherNickolas Brown Webb
November 28, 1885 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann “Betsie” Selby
September 20, 1886 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Clinton Webb
April 2, 1887 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Allen Webb
December 14, 1888 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Ann “Patsy” Parham
May 20, 1890 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherLloyd Denton Webb
April 1891 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterFlora Minnie Webb
November 16, 1893 (Age 17 years)
Death of a sisterFlora Minnie Webb
January 29, 1897 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 23 years)
MarriageLouia Belle CroftView this family
calculated 1901 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Lena Etna Webb
June 23, 1902 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Clifford T Webb
March 14, 1904 (Age 27 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Monroe Webb Sr.
July 10, 1905 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
John Everett Webb
November 30, 1905 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherJames Curtis Webb
February 2, 1907 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Mary Ella Webb
September 19, 1908 (Age 31 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Ada Amy Webb
November 10, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Carrie Lucille Webb
July 15, 1914 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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 12, 1920 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Wesley CommersLena Etna WebbView this family
February 29, 1920 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Meigs Commers
February 20, 1921 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Jewell Maureen Webb
July 27, 1922 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Reba Commers
December 20, 1922 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Horace Marvin Commers
December 10, 1925 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sonClifford T Webb
December 6, 1926 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Velma Ruth Quandt
January 22, 1928 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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
Marriage of a childRaymond Carl YoungAda Amy WebbView this family
1930 (Age 53 years)

Census April 8, 1930 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Donald Ray Young
October 24, 1931 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Charles Edward Quandt Jr.
February 28, 1933 (Age 56 years)
Death of a motherMary Tennesse Orme
December 3, 1934 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Lenice Jean McClure
January 10, 1935 (Age 58 years)
Death of a fatherLloyd Walker Webb
August 2, 1935 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Thomas Glen Quandt
June 23, 1936 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Betty Joyce Young
November 7, 1938 (Age 62 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 63 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn Meigs Commers
August 9, 1942 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 wifeLouia Belle Croft
September 6, 1945 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Richard Jennings Martin
January 11, 1950 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 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 brotherGaither Webb
September 28, 1954 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 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 July 22, 1956 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Paynes Cemetery
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