The Shemwell Family

Ollie B SikesAge: 75 years18761951

Name
Ollie B Sikes
Given names
Ollie B
Surname
Sikes
Birth February 17, 1876 25 25
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 months)

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 sisterElizabeth “Lizzie” Sikes
1879 (Age 2 years)

Death of a brotherTorence Sikes
after 1880 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherGeorge Alex Sikes
May 20, 1881 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherNelson Franklin Sikes
March 17, 1883 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterLydia Sallie Sikes
April 4, 1888 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Henry Sikes
June 29, 1890 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
MarriageIva Beula “Ivie” ShemwellView this family
April 17, 1904 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherElijah Lancaster
October 5, 1908 (Age 32 years)
Cause: Asthma
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ann Lancaster
June 7, 1911 (Age 35 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Howell Sikes Jr.Laura Bell BroadwayView this family
March 1912 (Age 36 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
September 12, 1918 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 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 41 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 7, 1920 (Age 43 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Howell Sikes Jr.
April 22, 1929 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 18, 1930 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sisterIda Florence Sikes
July 24, 1934 (Age 58 years)
Census May 2, 1940 (Age 64 years)
Death of a sisterMary “Annie” Sikes
July 20, 1941 (Age 65 years)
Burial of a sisterMary “Annie” Sikes
July 21, 1941 (Age 65 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount View Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Death of a brotherGeorge Alex Sikes
October 5, 1943 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 73 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 69 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 May 15, 1951 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 7, 1868Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder sister
Mary “Annie” Sikes
Birth: February 22, 1870 19 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 1941Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
Lawrence Sikes
Birth: 1873 21 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
1 year
elder brother
Torence Sikes
Birth: 1873 21 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1880
23 months
elder sister
Ida Florence Sikes
Birth: November 17, 1874 23 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1934Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
15 months
himself
Ollie B Sikes
Birth: February 17, 1876 25 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1951Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
George Alex Sikes
Birth: May 20, 1881 30 30Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1943Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger brother
Nelson Franklin Sikes
Birth: March 17, 1883 32 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 1952Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger sister
Lydia Sallie Sikes
Birth: April 4, 1888 37 37Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 1971Barberton, Summit, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger brother
William Henry Sikes
Birth: June 29, 1890 39 39Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1957Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Laura Bell Broadway - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 1912Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Iva Beula “Ivie” Shemwell - View this family
himself
Ollie B Sikes
Birth: February 17, 1876 25 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1951Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
wife
Iva Beula “Ivie” Shemwell
Birth: June 12, 1885 38 35Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1959Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: April 17, 1904Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Private + Iva Beula “Ivie” Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife
Iva Beula “Ivie” Shemwell
Birth: June 12, 1885 38 35Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1959Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

Ollie B Sikes has 32 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Ollie B Sikes - Household

Hickman Church Rd Stewart TN

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Sikes, OllieheadMW32M1TNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Sikes, BeulawifeFW23M100TNTNTN
Shemwell, Adellmother-in-lawFW58Wd63TNFranceTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ollie B Sikes - Household

Dover & Thorpe Rd Dover, Stewart, TN

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPFBPMBPOccupationIndEmp
Sikes, OllieheadMW43MTNTNTNFarmingFarm
Sikes, BeulawifeFW34MTNTNTN
Shemwell, Delliemother-in-lawFW67WdTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ollie B Sikes - Household

Dover & ?? Dover, Stewart, TN

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sikes, Ollie BheadMW54M28TNTNTNFarmerOwn Land
Sikes, BeulawifeFW42M18TNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ollie B Sikes - Household

Dover & Thorpe Rd Stewart TN

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Sikes, Ollie BheadMW65MTNCarpenter
Sikes, Ivie BeulawifeFW55MTN