The Shemwell Family

Samuel A HathcockAge: 36 years18811918

Name
Samuel A Hathcock
Given names
Samuel A
Surname
Hathcock
Birth June 19, 1881 36 33

Death of a paternal grandfatherJames M Hathcock
June 30, 1898 (Age 17 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
Death of a fatherFletcher Reed Hathcock
February 8, 1899 (Age 17 years)
Death of a motherMary Jane Edwards
March 30, 1911 (Age 29 years)
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/
Death May 4, 1918 (Age 36 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: 1868
15 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
10 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
2 years
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