The Shemwell Family

Walter Edwin McMillanAge: 70 years18781948

Name
Walter Edwin McMillan
Given names
Walter Edwin
Surname
McMillan
Birth January 20, 1878 29 26
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Ann Nichols
November 21, 1878 (Age 10 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 14, 1880 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterFlora Catherine Grace McMillan
March 20, 1881 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterZula May McMillan
November 1, 1883 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEvelyn Birdie Lee McMillan
January 10, 1885 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterZula May McMillan
February 4, 1885 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDaniel Gilbert McMillan
March 12, 1886 (Age 8 years)
Death of a motherMary Eveline Williams
December 16, 1886 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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
MarriageMary Hettie MurphyView this family
July 4, 1899 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherIsaac Francis McMillan
January 12, 1900 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 51 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 sisterSallie Jane McMillan
January 10, 1945 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 April 10, 1948 (Age 70 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 17, 1873Houston, Tennessee, United States
11 months
elder sister
21 months
elder sister
20 months
himself
Walter Edwin McMillan
Birth: January 20, 1878 29 26Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 10, 1948Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Flora Catherine Grace McMillan
Birth: March 20, 1881 32 29Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 20, 1970Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Zula May McMillan
Birth: November 1, 1883 35 32Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1885Houston, Tennessee, United States
14 months
younger sister
Evelyn Birdie Lee McMillan
Birth: January 10, 1885 36 33Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 5, 1965Houston, Tennessee, United States
Family with Mary Hettie Murphy - View this family
himself
Walter Edwin McMillan
Birth: January 20, 1878 29 26Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 10, 1948Houston, Tennessee, United States
wife
Mary Hettie Murphy
Birth: 1882Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 18, 1961Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: July 4, 1899Houston, Tennessee, United States

Walter Edwin McMillan has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Francis McMillan - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
McMillan, I FWM31headMLawyerTNTNTN
McMillan, M EWF28wifeMKeeping houseTNNCTN
McMillan, S JWF5daughterSTNTNTN
McMillan, M FWF4daughterSTNTNTN
McMillan, WalterWM2sonSTNTNTN