The Shemwell Family

Effie Euphemia GillumAge: 74 years18621937

Name
Effie Euphemia Gillum
Given names
Effie Euphemia
Surname
Gillum
Married name
Effie Euphemia Neal
Birth December 25, 1862
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 4 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 4 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 6 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageRev. Virgil Crittenden NealView this family
September 4, 1883 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Maude Lee Neal
June 28, 1884 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ancel Clyde Neal
March 25, 1887 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
Census July 7, 1900 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Robert YoungMaude Lee NealView this family
February 1, 1905 (Age 42 years)

Note: I.T.
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childAncel Clyde NealLeela Maney BryanView this family
November 29, 1914 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Ancel Bryan Neal
September 6, 1915 (Age 52 years)
Death of a grandsonAncel Bryan Neal
May 25, 1916 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Barbara Lee Neal
September 23, 1920 (Age 57 years)
Death of a daughterMaude Lee Neal
July 23, 1929 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 66 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 April 28, 1937 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery
Family with Rev. Virgil Crittenden Neal - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 4, 1883Kentucky, United States
10 months
daughter
Maude Lee Neal
Birth: June 28, 1884 21 21Kentucky, United States
Death: July 23, 1929Arkansas, United States
3 years
son
Ancel Clyde Neal
Birth: March 25, 1887 24 24Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 26, 1969Conway, Arkansas, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Virgil Crittenden Neal - Household

Auburn, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Neal, Virgil CheadWMSep186237M17KYKYKYFarmer
Neal, Effie EwifeWFDec186237M1722KYKYKY
Neal, MaudedaughterWFJun188415SKYKYKY
Neal, Ancel CsonWMMar188713SKYKYKYFarm Laborer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Virgil Crittenden Neal - Household

1832 N. 12th Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Neal, V CheadMW47M126KYKYKYPastorChurch
Neal, ElliewifeFW47M12622KYKYKY
Neal, ClydesonMW23SKYKYKYClerkOffice