James C HooksAge: 74 years1850–1925
- Name
- James C Hooks
- Given names
- James C
- Surname
- Hooks
 Birth | March 23, 1850 39 36 |
 Census | October 7, 1850 (Age 6 months) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Jemimah Whatley about 1853 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a mother | Jemima Shemwell June 1, 1857 (Age 7 years) Cause: Congestive chills |
| Marriage of a parent | James R Hooks — Martha M … — View this family April 24, 1859 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Martha Hooks calculated April 1860 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | September 1, 1860 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Louisa Ann “Annie” Hooks estimated 1861 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 |
| Birth of a half-brother | Daniel C Hooks estimated 1865 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 16 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 16 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 18 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 |
| Census | July 9, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Charles W Hooks calculated 1874 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a brother | Hiram R Hooks October 1874 (Age 24 years) |
 Marriage | Almeda E Miller — View this family November 25, 1874 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Samuel Andrew Hooks January 1878 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 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 #2 | James Elmer Hooks June 1881 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a father | James R Hooks November 26, 1884 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William M Hooks December 5, 1884 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Nancy E Hooks March 1886 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Margaret J Hooks July 1890 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Maude Amelda Hooks August 1895 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 6, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Margaret J Hooks 1912 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a wife | Almeda E Miller September 7, 1914 (Age 64 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Death of a son | William M Hooks December 17, 1914 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Oscar Lee Eaton — Maude Amelda Hooks — View this family April 26, 1915 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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 sister | Mary Elizabeth Hooks July 2, 1923 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | March 21, 1925 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James R Hooks Birth: February 25, 1811 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1884 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Jemima Shemwell Birth: 1814 44 32 Death: June 1, 1857 — Cumberland River, Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
Eramus Hooks Birth: estimated 1838 26 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Ann Hooks Birth: estimated 1840 28 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Elizabeth Hooks Birth: October 1, 1842 31 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 2, 1923 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Hiram R Hooks Birth: estimated 1846 34 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 1874 |
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4 years himself |
James C Hooks Birth: March 23, 1850 39 36 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1925 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Martha M … |
| father |
James R Hooks Birth: February 25, 1811 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1884 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Martha M … Birth: estimated 1830 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: April 24, 1859 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year half-sister |
Martha Hooks Birth: calculated April 1860 49 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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21 months half-sister |
Louisa Ann “Annie” Hooks Birth: estimated 1861 49 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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5 years half-brother |
Daniel C Hooks Birth: estimated 1865 53 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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10 years half-brother |
Charles W Hooks Birth: calculated 1874 62 44 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Family with Almeda E Miller |
| himself |
James C Hooks Birth: March 23, 1850 39 36 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1925 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Almeda E Miller Birth: January 23, 1856 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: September 7, 1914 — Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 25, 1874 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Samuel Andrew Hooks Birth: January 1878 27 21 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: 1930 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
James Elmer Hooks Birth: June 1881 31 25 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: November 22, 1954 — Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
William M Hooks Birth: December 5, 1884 34 28 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: December 17, 1914 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Nancy E Hooks Birth: March 1886 35 30 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years daughter |
Margaret J Hooks Birth: July 1890 40 34 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: 1912 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Maude Amelda Hooks Birth: August 1895 45 39 — Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: September 15, 1948 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
James C Hooks has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (19)
Parents William Clauson + Mary Elizabeth Shemwell
Parents John P Shemwell + Mahalia Adeline Dodd
Parents Henry George Clay Cherry + Maletha Shemwell
Parents William Alexander Shemwell + Mary Demarious Gray
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - James R Hooks - Household
Stewart TN
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James R Hooks - Household
Livingston Ky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James R Hooks - Household
Livingston Ky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James C Hooks - Household
1900 Smithland Livingston Ky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James C Hooks - Household
Livingston Ky
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