The Shemwell Family

Minnie DoughteryAge: 75 years18701946

Name
Minnie Doughtery
Given names
Minnie
Surname
Doughtery
Married name
Minnie McMillan
Birth September 8, 1870
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 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 27 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
MarriageWilliam Thomas McMillanView this family
February 18, 1914 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 January 1, 1920 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
Census April 23, 1930 (Age 59 years)
Note: This must be a mistake Lizzy died in 1904. Minnie? -b
Death of a husbandWilliam Thomas McMillan
March 6, 1941 (Age 70 years)
Burial of a husbandWilliam Thomas McMillan
March 9, 1941 (Age 70 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 75 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 January 29, 1946 (Age 75 years)
Cause of death: Accident
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Minnie Doughtery
Birth: September 8, 1870Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 29, 1946Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Family with William Thomas McMillan - View this family
husband
herself
Minnie Doughtery
Birth: September 8, 1870Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 29, 1946Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: February 18, 1914Stewart, Tennessee, United States
William Thomas McMillan + Elizabeth Sophia “Lizzie” Miller - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: November 27, 1878Houston, Tennessee, United States
1 year
step-son
William F McMillan
Birth: December 9, 1879 24 18Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 1903Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
step-daughter
3 years
step-daughter
Alma Lottie McMillan
Birth: March 22, 1885 29 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 30, 1925Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
step-son
2 years
step-son
John Henry McMillan
Birth: July 5, 1887 31 26Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1969Michigan, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Hattie Louise McMillan
Birth: October 27, 1891 35 30Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 5, 1988Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
19 months
step-son
George Edward McMillan
Birth: May 28, 1893 37 32Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 11, 1974Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, United States
2 years
step-son
Herman Earl McMillan
Birth: July 19, 1895 39 34Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 1986Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Thomas McMillan - Household

Tenn Ridge Rd., Dist. 4 Houston, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
W T McMillanHeadMW64MTNTNTNFarmer
Minnie McMillanwifeFW48MTNTNTN

Notes: Enum Dist. 66, next door to brother Jim

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Thomas McMillan - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McMillan, WilliamheadMW74M58TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
McMillan, Lizzie SwifeFW59M17PAGERPA

Lizzie'a age wrong 69 not 59 -b

Census
This must be a mistake Lizzy died in 1904. Minnie? -b