The Shemwell Family

John Lindsay EvansAge: 39 years18881928

Name
John Lindsay Evans
Given names
John Lindsay
Surname
Evans
Birth April 6, 1888 43 37
Birth of a sisterAnn Aline Evans
February 2, 1893 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
Death of a fatherJohn R Evans
1899 (Age 10 years)

Census June 5, 1900 (Age 12 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
June 5, 1917 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 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 29 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 February 25, 1928 (Age 39 years)
Burial February 26, 1928 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 30, 1884Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder sister
Kathryn Brown Evans
Birth: August 23, 1886 41 35Tennessee, United States
Death: October 9, 1972Lucedale, George, Mississippi, United States
19 months
himself
John Lindsay Evans
Birth: April 6, 1888 43 37Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 25, 1928East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
5 years
younger sister
Ann Aline Evans
Birth: February 2, 1893 48 42Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 1985Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

John Lindsay Evans has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Martha Elizabeth Shemwell - Household

Dover, Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Evans, Martha EheadWFDec185149Wd33KYKYTN
Evans, Kate BdaughterWFAug188613STNKYKY
Evans, John LsonWMApr188812STNKYKY
Evans., Annie AdaughterWFFeb18937STNKYKY
Hirsch, Katesister in lawWFSep184257Wd11KYVAKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Martha Elizabeth “Lizzie” Shemwell - Household

Dover, Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Evans, LizzieheadFW59Wd33TNGATN
Evans, KatedaughterFW23STNKYKY
Evans, John LsonMW22STNKYKYFarmerOwn Farm
Evans, AllinedaughterFW17STNKYKY
Hersch, Katesister in lawFW68DKYKYKY