The Shemwell Family

Margie Cooper WilliamsAge: 63 years18601924

Name
Margie Cooper Williams
Given names
Margie Cooper
Surname
Williams
Married name
Margie Cooper Notgrass
Birth September 28, 1860 33 22
Birth of a brotherZebedee Williams
June 1863 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterLoville Williams
1864 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 months)

Note: 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
Birth of a brotherJohn Williams
1867 (Age 6 years)
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
Census June 24, 1870 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Williams
estimated 1871 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret Adelaide Patton
after 1870 (Age 9 years)

Death of a motherMary Jeanette Cooper
between 1871 and 1880 (Age 10 years)
Note: Best guess -b
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
MarriageArchibald McMillan “Archie” NotgrassView this family
December 21, 1885 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Virgie Mae Notgrass
November 29, 1886 (Age 26 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 childTolbert Lipscomb GriggsVirgie Mae NotgrassView this family
July 3, 1907 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Virginia Mae Griggs
August 19, 1909 (Age 48 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherLazarus M “Ladd” Williams
August 23, 1910 (Age 49 years)
Cause: Cancer of the face & old age.
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/
Census January 24, 1920 (Age 59 years)
Death March 28, 1924 (Age 63 years)
Address: Nolensville Rd.
Burial March 30, 1924 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 19, 1858Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
-2 months
elder brother
2 years
herself
Margie Cooper Williams
Birth: September 28, 1860 33 22Tennessee, United States
Death: March 28, 1924Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Zebedee Williams
Birth: June 1863 35 25Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 2, 1947Western State Hospital, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States
19 months
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
Mary Williams
Birth: estimated 1871 43 33Tennessee, United States
Death:
Family with Archibald McMillan “Archie” Notgrass - View this family
husband
Archibald McMillan “Archie” Notgrass
Birth: March 8, 1870 36 33Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1929Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Margie Cooper Williams
Birth: September 28, 1860 33 22Tennessee, United States
Death: March 28, 1924Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 21, 1885Davidson, Tennessee, United States
11 months
daughter
Virgie Mae Notgrass
Birth: November 29, 1886 16 26Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1963Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Margie Cooper Williams has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Williams - Household

Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Williams, Lewishead55MWFarm LaborerVA
Williams, Marywife57FWKeeping HouseVA
Mitchel, Marthaelder sister60FWAt homeVA
Williams, Lazarus Myounger brother38MWMusicianTN
Williams, Jenniebrothers wife30FWKeeping houseTN
Williams, George Pbrothers son11MWAt homeTN
Williams, Margiebrothers daughter10FWTN
Williams, Zebbbrothers son8MWTN
Williams, Lavillebrothers daughter6FWTN
Williams, Johnbrothers son3MWTN

Not positive about census. Ladd is Lewis M and Mary Jeanette is Jennie but Musician, kids & sister Martha are correct. -b

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Archibald McMillan “Archie” Notgrass - Household

Nolinsville Road Davidson, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Notgrass, Arch MheadMW47M125TNTNTNTinnerHardware Company
Notgrass, MargiewifeFW44M12511TNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Archibald McMillan “Archie” Notgrass - Household

Nolensville Pike Davidson, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Notgrass, Arch MheadMW53MTNTNTNSheet metal workerIron foundry
Notgrass, MargiewifeFW51MTNTNTN