The Shemwell Family

Dan H WhiteAge: 77 years18601937

Name
Dan H White
Given names
Dan H
Surname
White
Birth about 1860
Occupation
Salesman

Employer: Grist Mill
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 months)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 years)
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 7 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 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 18 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 38 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
MarriageLula Lea ShemwellView this family
November 26, 1901 (Age 41 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 9, 1920 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 69 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 wifeLula Lea Shemwell
May 26, 1933 (Age 73 years)
Death October 20, 1937 (Age 77 years)
Family with Lula Lea Shemwell - View this family
himself
Dan H White
Birth: about 1860North Carolina, United States
Death: October 20, 1937Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
wife
Lula Lea Shemwell
Birth: August 17, 1864 36 26Orange, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 26, 1933Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: November 26, 1901Alamance, North Carolina, United States
James T Cerro Moore + Lula Lea Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Lula Lea Shemwell
Birth: August 17, 1864 36 26Orange, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 26, 1933Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: February 11, 1880
20 months
step-son
14 years
step-son
Eugene Russell Moore
Birth: April 30, 1895 37 30Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 15, 1944Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Dan H White - Household

Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
White, Dan HheadMW50M2NCNCNC
White, LulawifeFW43M2811NCNCNC
Moore, Russell MsonMW14SNCNCNC
Oldham, EmmaservantFB20SNCNCNCCookPrivate Family

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Dan H White - Household

705 Church Street Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
White, Dan HheadMW60MNCNCNCAppraiserProperty
White, Lula MwifeFW54MNCNCNC
White, Wm GbrotherMW68WdNCNCNC