The Shemwell Family

Nancy Charity “Nannie” Holland1867

Name
Nancy Charity “Nannie” Holland
Given names
Nancy Charity
Surname
Holland
Married name
Nancy Charity Pearson
Nickname
Nannie
Birth August 1, 1867 27 25

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 17 months)

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 sisterSarah Caroline Holland
January 9, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Census July 23, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas Holland
January 26, 1879 (Age 11 years)
Census June 8, 1880 (Age 12 years)
MarriageMathew Isaac PearsonView this family
February 4, 1883 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a son
#1
William “Willie” Pearson
July 1885 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lela S Pearson
December 1892 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ruby May Pearson
January 19, 1897 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 32 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James C Pearson
1901 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Raymond Pearson
1909 (Age 41 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherThomas James Holland
March 19, 1913 (Age 45 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 motherMary E Williams
December 10, 1922 (Age 55 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 82 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sisterSarah Caroline Holland
October 9, 1966 (Age 99 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 78 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1860Missouri, United States
8 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
Sarah Caroline Holland
Birth: January 9, 1870 29 28Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 9, 1966Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Family with Mathew Isaac Pearson - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 4, 1883
3 years
son
8 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
Ruby May Pearson
Birth: January 19, 1897 31 29Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death:
5 years
son
9 years
son

Nancy Charity “Nannie” Holland has 26 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas James Holland - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Holland, Thomashead30MWMO
Holland, Mary wife28FWMO
Holland, Nancydaughter4FWMO
Holland, Sarah daughter6 monthsFWARJan
Holland, Thomasfather78MWVA

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas James Holland - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Holland, Thomas JWM40headMfarmerMOVAKY
Holland, Mary EWF38wifeMMOMOMO
Holland, Nancy CWF13daughterSMOMOMO
Holland, Sarah CWF10daughterMARMOMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Mathew Isaac Pearson - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Pearson, IsaacheadWMFeb186535M13ARTNTNfarm laborer
Pearson, Nancy wifeWFAug186732M1353MOMOMO
Pearson, WilliesonWMJul188513SARARMO
Pearson, Lela daughterWFDec18927SARARMO
Pearson, RubadaughterWFJan18973SARARMO

Living in Mathew R Pearson household

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Mathew Isaac Pearson - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pearson, Isaac MheadMW45M26TNTNTNfarmer
Pearson, Nannie CwifeFW44M2664MOMOMO
Pearson, Lela SdaughterFW18SARTNMOteachermusic
Pearson, Ruby MdaughterFW13SARTNMO
Pearson, James CsonMW9SARTNMO
Pearson, RaymondsonMW1SARTNMO