The Shemwell Family

William RigginsAge: 88 years18661954

Name
William Riggins
Given names
William
Surname
Riggins
Birth March 1, 1866 36 27
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 months)
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 10 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherThomas Magus Riggins
August 28, 1868 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 August 2, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterFannie Bell Riggins
November 1870 (Age 4 years)
Death of a motherClerinda Maletha Shemwell
1872 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas W Shemwell
July 20, 1877 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 4, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam M Riggins Jr.S Alice “Allie” PeeleView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 21, 1882 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHerman Chestney Riggins
August 28, 1887 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHarry Tracy Riggins
November 25, 1889 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 sisterAnnie E Riggins
April 15, 1903 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam M Riggins Jr.
September 21, 1907 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 63 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
Death of a sisterMartha Earl Riggins
July 11, 1936 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 83 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 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
Death April 3, 1954 (Age 88 years)
Burial April 4, 1954 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hardison Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 22, 1853Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
17 months
elder sister
8 years
himself
William Riggins
Birth: March 1, 1866 36 27Tennessee, United States
Death: April 3, 1954Maury, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Thomas Magus Riggins
Birth: August 28, 1868 39 29Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 21, 1955St. Louis, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
Father’s family with S Alice “Allie” Peele - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 21, 1882Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
half-brother
2 years
half-brother
Harry Tracy Riggins
Birth: November 25, 1889 60 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1985Illinois, United States

William Riggins has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William M Riggins - Household

Dover, Stewart, TN

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Riggins, Williamhead41MWFarmerTN
Riggins, Clerindawife31FWKeeping HouseTN
Riggins, Walthenson15MWFarm HandTN
Riggins, Anniedaughter13FWat HomeTN
Riggins, Marthadaughter11FWat HomeTN
Riggins, Williamson5MWTN
Riggins, Thomasson1MWTN
Lancaster, Ephram22MWFarm HandTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William M Riggins - Household

Dover, Stewart, TN

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Riggins, WilliamWM51headMTNNCNC
Riggins, WillieWM15sonSTNTNTN
Riggins, MagusWM12sonSTNTNTN
Riggins, FannieWF8daughterSTNTNTN

Census says Wm is Married not Widowed. -b