The Shemwell Family

Eoline Hamlet PuryearAge: 70 years18521923

Name
Eoline Hamlet Puryear
Given names
Eoline Hamlet
Surname
Puryear
Married name
Eoline Hamlet Wilkerson
Birth July 25, 1852
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 14 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 14 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 16 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
MarriageLewis Cass WilkersonView this family
December 5, 1872 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas W Wilkerson
August 5, 1874 (Age 22 years)
Death of a sonThomas W Wilkerson
September 24, 1875 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Frances Ethel Wilkerson
January 24, 1876 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William Young Wilkerson
September 22, 1877 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 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 son
#4
Edwin Irvan Wilkerson
February 20, 1879 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Florence Wood Wilkerson
August 31, 1880 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Harmon Vernon Wilkerson
October 3, 1882 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Virginia Snow “Jenny” Wilkerson
August 17, 1884 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#8
John Puryear Wilkerson
September 19, 1886 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Carl Lewis “Coon” Wilkerson
May 26, 1888 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Bettie Bola Wilkerson
September 9, 1890 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#11
Joseph Hollar Wilkerson
August 27, 1892 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 childIsaac Newton ShemwellFlorence Wood WilkersonView this family
Type: Religious marriage
March 27, 1912 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ruby Mae Shemwell
June 30, 1913 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Henry George Shemwell
December 23, 1914 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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 husbandLewis Cass Wilkerson
June 12, 1920 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Bettie Bola Shemwell
November 18, 1920 (Age 68 years)

Death of a daughterBettie Bola Wilkerson
July 20, 1921 (Age 68 years)
Death June 28, 1923 (Age 70 years)
Family with Lewis Cass Wilkerson - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 5, 1872Graves, Kentucky, United States
20 months
son
Thomas W Wilkerson
Birth: August 5, 1874 25 22Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 24, 1875Graves, Kentucky, United States
18 months
daughter
Frances Ethel Wilkerson
Birth: January 24, 1876 27 23Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 14, 1929Graves, Kentucky, United States
20 months
son
William Young Wilkerson
Birth: September 22, 1877 28 25Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 19, 1956Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States
17 months
son
Edwin Irvan Wilkerson
Birth: February 20, 1879 30 26Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 25, 1948Graves, Kentucky, United States
18 months
daughter
2 years
son
Harmon Vernon Wilkerson
Birth: October 3, 1882 34 30Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 7, 1939Graves, Kentucky, United States
22 months
daughter
2 years
son
John Puryear Wilkerson
Birth: September 19, 1886 37 34Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 28, 1949Graves, Kentucky, United States
20 months
son
Carl Lewis “Coon” Wilkerson
Birth: May 26, 1888 39 35Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 10, 1961Graves, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
Bettie Bola Wilkerson
Birth: September 9, 1890 41 38Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 20, 1921Graves, Kentucky, United States
2 years
son

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