The Shemwell Family

Francis Emeline BramlettAge: 80 years18661946

Name
Francis Emeline Bramlett
Given names
Francis Emeline
Surname
Bramlett
Married name
Francis Emeline McMillan
Birth October 25, 1866 25 21
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 months)
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 2 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 sisterWillie Ann Bramlett
May 13, 1873 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageHugh Lawrence McMillanView this family
August 25, 1883 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John G McMillan
July 15, 1887 (Age 20 years)
Death of a husbandHugh Lawrence McMillan
November 21, 1893 (Age 27 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Hutchison
November 12, 1895 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 fatherRev. John Jefferson Bramlett
December 6, 1899 (Age 33 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Death of a sisterWillie Ann Bramlett
April 15, 1904 (Age 37 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Address: Arlington Rd.
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 53 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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 17, 1930 (Age 63 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 79 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 November 28, 1946 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington Heights Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 3, 1865Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
16 months
herself
Francis Emeline Bramlett
Birth: October 25, 1866 25 21Tennessee, United States
Death: November 28, 1946Tennessee, United States
7 years
younger sister
Family with Hugh Lawrence McMillan - View this family
husband
Hugh Lawrence McMillan
Birth: November 14, 1862 43 39Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 21, 1893Houston, Tennessee, United States
herself
Francis Emeline Bramlett
Birth: October 25, 1866 25 21Tennessee, United States
Death: November 28, 1946Tennessee, United States
Marriage: August 25, 1883Houston, Tennessee, United States
4 years
son
John G McMillan
Birth: July 15, 1887 24 20Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 11, 1955Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Francis Emeline Bramlett - Household

Civil District 4 Midway town Houston, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Francis Emeline McMillanHeadWFOct 186534M1611TNTNTNR
John G. McMillansonWMJul 188712S---TNTNTNCuller Stove

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Francis Emeline Bramlett - Household

Dist. 4 Houston, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
Francis Emeline BramlettHeadFW44W-11TNTNTNNone
John G. McMillansonMW22S---TNTNTNLaborer Stave Factory
Grace Thomas McElroynieceFW7S----TNTN

Notes: Enum Dist. 56 Francis is Widowed

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John G. McMillan - Household

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

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
John G. McMillanHeadMW32STNTNTNEngineerStation???
Francis Emeline BramlettmotherFW53STNTNTNNone
Grace McElroyBoarderFW17STNTNTNNone

Notes: Enum Dist. 66, Same page as J.T Shemwell

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Francis Emeline Bramlett - Household

Arlington, Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
MacMillan, FrancisheadFW63Wd21TNTNTN
MacMillan, JohnsonMW42STNTNTNGame WardenTennessee

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Francis Emeline McMillan - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McMillan, FrancisXheadFW74WdTNSame house
McMillan, John GsonMW53MTNSame housePrincipal ClerkUnemployed Social Sec. Board