The Shemwell Family

Thomas Ross1871

Name
Thomas Ross
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Ross
Birth 1871
MarriageMaggie View this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 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
#1
Ola Ross
1892 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas J Ross
1895 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
John W Ross
1896 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Arthur D Ross
1897 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 daughter
#5
Myrtle Elizabeth Ross
November 11, 1899 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#6
William E Ross
1906 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Harvey R Ross
1908 (Age 37 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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
#1
Nannie Mae Pulley
April 16, 1920 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Virginia Pulley
March 31, 1924 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Ruth Ola Pulley
March 15, 1926 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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
Birth of a grandson
#4
William Henry “Pork” Pulley Jr.
February 12, 1932 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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 79 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 daughterMyrtle Elizabeth Ross
December 14, 1955 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 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 Maggie - View this family
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wife
Marriage:
daughter
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son
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Ross - Household

Dist. 4 Houston, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
Thomas RossHeadMW39M20--TNTNTNTeamster
Maggie (unknown)wifeFW38M2077TNTNTN
Ola RossdaughterFW18S---TNTNTN
Thomas J. RosssonMW15S---TNTNTNFarm Laborer
John W. RosssonMW14S---TNTNTNLaborer Stave mill
Arthur D. RosssonMW13S---TNTNTN
Myrtle E. RossdaughterF11S----TNTN
William E. RosssonM4S---TNTNTN
Harvey R. RosssonM2S---TNTNTN

Notes: Enum Dist. 56