William Washington Crews1844–
- Name
- William Washington Crews
- Given names
- William Washington
- Surname
- Crews
 Birth | January 26, 1844 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 23 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 years)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 |
 Marriage | Henrietta Orphenia Rives — View this family December 4, 1866 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Minerva Brown Crews November 4, 1867 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 22 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 22 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 24 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Roberts Crews May 29, 1870 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a son | John Roberts Crews February 4, 1871 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Beulah Crews February 4, 1875 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | William Crenshaw Crews September 1, 1878 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 years)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 son #5 | James Coleman Crews April 3, 1881 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Perry G Crews October 6, 1881 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Margaret Ophenia Crews March 31, 1888 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Taylor — Minerva Brown Crews — View this family January 8, 1891 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Walter Washington Crews December 28, 1891 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Minerva Brown Crews May 4, 1896 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Taylor — Beulah Crews — View this family December 23, 1900 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Crenshaw Crews — Virdie M Russell — View this family August 15, 1907 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel Allen Shemwell — Margaret Ophenia Crews — View this family April 23, 1909 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Frances Elizabeth Shemwell November 28, 1909 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Allen “Pat” Shemwell April 3, 1912 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Joseph Cooper “Mike” Shemwell August 19, 1916 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | James Coleman Crews — Willie Smithson — View this family December 24, 1917 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 72 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 73 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 child | Perry G Crews — Lucille Willis — View this family December 5, 1923 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 85 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 97 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 105 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 101 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 | unknown |
| Family with Henrietta Orphenia Rives |
| himself |
William Washington Crews Birth: January 26, 1844 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| wife |
Henrietta Orphenia Rives Birth: May 14, 1849 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: December 4, 1866 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months daughter |
Minerva Brown Crews Birth: November 4, 1867 23 18 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: May 4, 1896 |
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3 years son |
John Roberts Crews Birth: May 29, 1870 26 21 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 4, 1871 |
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5 years daughter |
Beulah Crews Birth: February 4, 1875 31 25 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years son |
William Crenshaw Crews Birth: September 1, 1878 34 29 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
James Coleman Crews Birth: April 3, 1881 37 31 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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6 months son |
Perry G Crews Birth: October 6, 1881 37 32 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: March 14, 1954 |
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7 years daughter |
Margaret Ophenia Crews Birth: March 31, 1888 44 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 23, 1979 — Covington's Convalescent Center, LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Walter Washington Crews Birth: December 28, 1891 47 42 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |