The Shemwell Family

William Goodhue WilsonAge: 56 years18651921

Name
William Goodhue Wilson
Given names
William Goodhue
Surname
Wilson
Birth August 25, 1865
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 months)
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 16 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 12 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 32 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
MarriageLucy A ParhamView this family
about 1900 (Age 34 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Lela Mae Wilson
December 2, 1901 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Hugh Wilson
October 11, 1904 (Age 39 years)
Death of a wifeLucy A Parham
March 23, 1911 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 childJames Blain VannLela Mae WilsonView this family
November 7, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Death November 9, 1921 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thomas Y. Swafford Cemetery
Family with Lucy A Parham - View this family
himself
William Goodhue Wilson
Birth: August 25, 1865Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 9, 1921Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
wife
Lucy A Parham
Birth: March 12, 1862 36 35Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 1911Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1900
23 months
daughter
Lela Mae Wilson
Birth: December 2, 1901 36 39Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 29, 1988Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
James Hugh Wilson
Birth: October 11, 1904 39 42Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1962Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States

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