The Shemwell Family

Name
Nathan Sylvanous Webb
Given names
Nathan Sylvanous
Surname
Webb
Birth September 13, 1881 32 27
Death of a maternal grandfatherWillaim Taylor Orme
January 20, 1883 (Age 16 months)
Birth of a brotherErnest Webb
June 24, 1884 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherNickolas Brown Webb
November 28, 1885 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann “Betsie” Selby
September 20, 1886 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Clinton Webb
April 2, 1887 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Allen Webb
December 14, 1888 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Ann “Patsy” Parham
May 20, 1890 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherLloyd Denton Webb
April 1891 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterFlora Minnie Webb
November 16, 1893 (Age 12 years)
Death of a sisterFlora Minnie Webb
January 29, 1897 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Monroe Webb Sr.
July 10, 1905 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherJames Curtis Webb
February 2, 1907 (Age 25 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Note: Xenia is Wd. living next door. Clinton is on the other side. -b
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 28, 1920 (Age 38 years)
MarriageXenia Catherine TollettView this family
calculated 1926 (Age 44 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 25, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherMary Tennesse Orme
December 3, 1934 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherLloyd Walker Webb
August 2, 1935 (Age 53 years)
Census May 19, 1940 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 68 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 73 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Harm Webb
July 22, 1956 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherNickolas Brown Webb
November 21, 1959 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Washington Webb
May 13, 1961 (Age 79 years)
Death of a wifeXenia Catherine Tollett
May 21, 1965 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 June 9, 1966 (Age 84 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Portales Cemetery
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