The Shemwell Family

William Henry “Willie” TomerlinAge: 24 years18981923

Name
William Henry “Willie” Tomerlin
Given names
William Henry
Surname
Tomerlin
Nickname
Willie
Birth December 24, 1898 47 29
Census June 6, 1900 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterBeulah Tomerlin
June 4, 1903 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWinford Dudley Tomerlin
1909 (Age 10 years)
Census April 2, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 maternal grandfatherFinis Washington Sherrod
April 30, 1919 (Age 20 years)
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Death January 11, 1923 (Age 24 years)

Cause of death: diabetes mellitus
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Last change April 6, 201816:58:54

by: Barry Shemwell
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father
mother
Marriage: October 30, 1884Todd, Kentucky, United States
15 months
elder sister
Lola T Tomerlin
Birth: February 4, 1886 35 16Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 2, 1962Todd, Kentucky, United States
19 months
elder sister
19 months
elder brother
Oscar O Tomerlin
Birth: March 25, 1889 38 19Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 10, 1950Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
2 years
elder brother
Caskey Lewis Tomerlin
Birth: July 5, 1891 40 22Kentucky, United States
Death: May 27, 1959Christian, Kentucky, United States
20 months
elder brother
Walton W Tomerlin
Birth: March 12, 1893 42 23Kentucky, United States
Death: 1968Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States
4 years
elder sister
Cora “Cokie” Tomerlin
Birth: November 27, 1896 45 27Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 27, 1974Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
himself
William Henry “Willie” Tomerlin
Birth: December 24, 1898 47 29Kentucky, United States
Death: January 11, 1923
4 years
younger sister
Beulah Tomerlin
Birth: June 4, 1903 52 34Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 29, 1995Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
7 years
younger brother
Winford Dudley Tomerlin
Birth: 1909 58 39Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 16, 1936Fresno, California, United States

William Henry “Willie” Tomerlin has 15 first cousins recorded