The Shemwell Family

Littleberry “Berry” WallaceAge: 81 years18381920

Name
Littleberry “Berry” Wallace
Given names
Littleberry
Surname
Wallace
Nickname
Berry
Birth February 17, 1838 24 20
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageRebecca Susan WhitehurstView this family
January 20, 1859 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a son
#1
Martin VanBuren Wallace
August 24, 1860 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Sarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace
March 28, 1863 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Elizabeth “Bessie” Wallace
1864 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 years)

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
Death of a paternal grandmotherAmy Temperance Taylor
1865 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Lucy Jane Wallace
September 12, 1866 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a child
#5
Wallace
1867 (Age 28 years)

Death of a childWallace
1867 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 28 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 28 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#6
Fannie Wallace
March 27, 1869 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 30 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 son
#7
Sanford Laney “Lannie” Wallace
1871 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Dudley Monroe Wallace
1873 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Joshua “Commander” Wallace
March 15, 1875 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#10
Thomas Yateman Wallace
October 1877 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 39 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 daughter
#11
Dora Wallace
April 1880 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Mary Elizabeth Williams
July 16, 1880 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childPickney Milburn DennisLucy Jane WallaceView this family
1880 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#12
Mattie Bell Wallace
April 15, 1882 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a daughter
#13
Mannie Wallace
1882 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Franklin Monroe Williams
1882 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Callie Emaline Morris
August 4, 1882 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a son
#14
Berry Wallace Jr.
October 20, 1889 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
James Elzie Williams
May 9, 1890 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Florence Wallace
July 1895 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Lannie S Williams
1897 (Age 58 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Sarah R Wallace
May 1897 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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
Birth of a grandson
#8
Thomas D Wallace
March 1899 (Age 61 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 62 years)
Death of a fatherAxium Green “A G” Wallace
April 29, 1904 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Ira W Deep
October 25, 1905 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Orlean Deep
1910 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Trive Deep
1914 (Age 75 years)
Death of a wifeRebecca Susan Whitehurst
December 1, 1915 (Age 77 years)
Address: Center Point Com.
Burial of a wifeRebecca Susan Whitehurst
December 4, 1915 (Age 77 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 77 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 78 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 79 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 81 years)
Death February 8, 1920 (Age 81 years)
Cause of death: Influenza
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Axium Green “A G” Wallace
Birth: March 13, 1813 35 29Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 1904Stewart, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage:
himself
Family with Rebecca Susan Whitehurst - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 20, 1859
19 months
son
Martin VanBuren Wallace
Birth: August 24, 1860 22 14Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 23, 1920Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
21 months
daughter
4 years
child
-4 months
daughter
Lucy Jane Wallace
Birth: September 12, 1866 28 20Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 25, 1954Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Fannie Wallace
Birth: March 27, 1869 31 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 2, 1931Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Sanford Laney “Lannie” Wallace
Birth: 1871 32 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1947Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Dudley Monroe Wallace
Birth: 1873 34 27Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1949Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Joshua “Commander” Wallace
Birth: March 15, 1875 37 29Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 16, 1944Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Thomas Yateman Wallace
Birth: October 1877 39 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 18, 1960Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Dora Wallace
Birth: April 1880 42 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Mattie Bell Wallace
Birth: April 15, 1882 44 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 24, 1962Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 months
daughter
Mannie Wallace
Birth: 1882 43 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 31, 1946Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
8 years
son
Berry Wallace Jr.
Birth: October 20, 1889 51 43Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 20, 1974Stewart, Tennessee, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Littleberry Wallace - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Berry WallaceheadWMApr 183862M40--KYTNVAFarmer
Rebecca WallacewifeWFJan54M401414TNUNKUNK