The Shemwell Family

Hafford Williams1889

Name
Hafford Williams
Given names
Hafford
Surname
Williams
Birth June 1889 31 26
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 June 1, 1900 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoshua Crudup “Crude” Hinchey
March 18, 1907 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLazarus M “Ladd” Williams
August 23, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Cause: Cancer of the face & old age.
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Jane Waller
May 26, 1912 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 brotherGeorge Archibald “Archie” Williams
January 18, 1921 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Tubercular Meningitis
Death of a fatherGeorge Patton Williams
February 3, 1925 (Age 35 years)
Address: 2469 Harvard
Cause: Toxemia
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 52 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
Death of a brotherJames Harris “Jim” Williams
April 23, 1946 (Age 56 years)
Burial of a brotherJames Harris “Jim” Williams
April 24, 1946 (Age 56 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 motherFrancis Ann “Fannie” Hinchey
May 22, 1956 (Age 66 years)
Address: 957 Mt. Vernon
Death of a sisterMary Jeanette “Netti” Williams
December 13, 1974 (Age 85 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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

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father
mother
Marriage: April 12, 1882Henry, Tennessee, United States
11 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
20 months
elder brother
2 years
herself
Hafford Williams
Birth: June 1889 31 26Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death:

Hafford Williams has 30 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - George Patton Williams - Household

Dist. 11 Henry, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupation
George WilliamsheadWMMay 185841M18--TNNCVAFarmer
Ann WilliamswifeWFJul 186237M1884TNTNTN
James H WilliamssonWMMar 188317S---TNTNTN
Netti WilliamsdaughterWFNov 188514S---TNTNTN
Archie WilliamssonWMJun 188712S---TNTNTN
Hafford WilliamsdaughterWFJun 188910S---TNTNTN

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Died as a teenager