Paul A Lewis1861–
- Name
- Paul A Lewis
- Given names
- Paul A
- Surname
- Lewis
 Birth | 1861 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Henryetta Adaline Shemwell — View this family February 7, 1886 (Age 25 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Henry Carson Lewis October 25, 1886 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Tulah Mae Lewis July 25, 1888 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a wife | Henryetta Adaline Shemwell July 25, 1890 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 | Dempsey Marvin Powell — Tulah Mae Lewis — View this family October 25, 1905 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Carson Lewis — Dorenda Elizabeth “Dora” Spencer — View this family September 23, 1906 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Teula Jane Lewis June 25, 1907 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Geneva Lewis September 10, 1909 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Wendell Dempsey “Bill” Lewis October 18, 1912 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 | Theron Charles Chapman — Tulah Mae Lewis — View this family July 8, 1922 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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 80 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 89 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 |
| Death of a son | Henry Carson Lewis May 16, 1955 (Age 94 years) Cause: Heart Failure |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 85 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 Henryetta Adaline Shemwell |
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Paul A Lewis Birth: 1861 Death: |
| wife |
Henryetta Adaline Shemwell Birth: June 27, 1864 35 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 25, 1890 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 7, 1886 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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9 months son |
Henry Carson Lewis Birth: October 25, 1886 25 22 — Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: May 16, 1955 — Moore, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Tulah Mae Lewis Birth: July 25, 1888 27 24 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 23, 1979 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |