The Shemwell Family

Joshua “Commander” WallaceAge: 68 years18751944

Name
Joshua “Commander” Wallace
Given names
Joshua
Surname
Wallace
Nickname
Commander
Birth March 15, 1875 37 29
MarriageMinnie View this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherThomas Yateman Wallace
October 1877 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

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 sisterDora Wallace
April 1880 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterMattie Bell Wallace
April 15, 1882 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMannie Wallace
1882 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherBerry Wallace Jr.
October 20, 1889 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 paternal grandfatherAxium Green “A G” Wallace
April 29, 1904 (Age 29 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Susan Whitehurst
December 1, 1915 (Age 40 years)
Address: Center Point Com.
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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/
Death of a fatherLittleberry “Berry” Wallace
February 8, 1920 (Age 44 years)
Cause: Influenza
Death of a brotherMartin VanBuren Wallace
April 23, 1920 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Death of a sisterSarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace
August 13, 1923 (Age 48 years)
Cause: Carsenoma of the liver
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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
Death of a sisterFannie Wallace
June 2, 1931 (Age 56 years)
Cause: Acute Ascending Paralysis
Death of a sisterElizabeth “Bessie” Wallace
November 3, 1933 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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
Death January 16, 1944 (Age 68 years)
Cause of death: Cardio Vascular renal disease
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 20, 1859
19 months
elder brother
Martin VanBuren Wallace
Birth: August 24, 1860 22 14Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 23, 1920Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
21 months
elder sister
4 years
elder sibling
-4 months
elder sister
Lucy Jane Wallace
Birth: September 12, 1866 28 20Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 25, 1954Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Fannie Wallace
Birth: March 27, 1869 31 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 2, 1931Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Sanford Laney “Lannie” Wallace
Birth: 1871 32 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1947Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Dudley Monroe Wallace
Birth: 1873 34 27Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1949Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
himself
Joshua “Commander” Wallace
Birth: March 15, 1875 37 29Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 16, 1944Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Thomas Yateman Wallace
Birth: October 1877 39 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 18, 1960Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Dora Wallace
Birth: April 1880 42 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
younger sister
Mattie Bell Wallace
Birth: April 15, 1882 44 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 24, 1962Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 months
younger sister
Mannie Wallace
Birth: 1882 43 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 31, 1946Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
8 years
younger brother
Berry Wallace Jr.
Birth: October 20, 1889 51 43Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 20, 1974Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Minnie - View this family
himself
Joshua “Commander” Wallace
Birth: March 15, 1875 37 29Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 16, 1944Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage:

Note
Buried in Jackson Cemetery, Dover, Stewart Co., Tennessee, USA Married to Minnie