The Shemwell Family

Birth of a brotherEdgar C Leonard
December 23, 1876 (Age 18 months)

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

Historical Event

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

1878 (Age 2 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 brotherCurtis C Leonard
April 2, 1879 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherHue Leonard
November 1879 (Age 4 years)

Death of a brotherCurtis C Leonard
February 16, 1880 (Age 4 years)

Census June 3, 1880 (Age 4 years)

1880 Providence, Rowan, North Carolina - J B Leonard

Shared note: 1880 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Bentley Leonard - Household

Birth of a sisterElla Leonard
January 1883 (Age 7 years)

Birth of a brotherWillie S Leonard
May 4, 1883 (Age 7 years)

Birth of a brotherVadra Thomas Leonard
January 19, 1887 (Age 11 years)

Death of a brotherWillie S Leonard
September 15, 1889 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a brotherBaxter Car Leonard
December 1, 1889 (Age 14 years)

Death of a brotherEdgar C Leonard
December 29, 1889 (Age 14 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander “Alex” Shemwell Jr.
June 5, 1890 (Age 14 years)

Alexander Shemwell Obituary 1890 The Biblical Recorder Wed Jun 18 1890

Birth of a sisterKatie Leonard
April 1892 (Age 16 years)

North Carolina, United States

Birth of a brotherJoseph Latta Leonard
May 15, 1895 (Age 19 years)

Joseph Latta Leonard delayed Birth

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 years)

Cuba

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

Spanish-American War

Birth of a daughter
#1Ola Ruth Leonard
November 20, 1898 (Age 23 years)

Census June 19, 1900 (Age 25 years)

1900 Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina - Walter J Leonard

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - Walter James Leonard - Household

Birth of a son
#2Stahle Hartman Leonard
November 20, 1900 (Age 25 years)

Death of a motherSarah Lilly Shemwell
January 30, 1903 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3Thelma O Leonard
August 31, 1903 (Age 28 years)

Death of a fatherJoseph Bentley Leonard
October 4, 1904 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a son
#4Walter James Leonard Jr.
January 12, 1905 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a son
#5Arthur Gregory Leonard
February 10, 1907 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6Mary Helen Leonard
January 16, 1910 (Age 34 years)

Census May 3, 1910 (Age 34 years)

1910 Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina - Walton J Leonard

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Walter James Leonard - Household

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 40 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1

Polio Epidemic

Historical Event

World War I

between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 41 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

World War I

Death of a brotherBaxter Car Leonard
December 25, 1918 (Age 43 years)

Florence, South Carolina, United States

Baxter Carr Leonard Death Certificate SC 1918

Historical Event

Spanish Influenza Epidemic

1918 (Age 42 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/

Spanish Influenza Epidemic

Census January 21, 1920 (Age 44 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1Arthur Gregory Leonard Jr.
May 10, 1924 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a grandson
#2James Allen Leonard
September 5, 1925 (Age 50 years)

Birth of a grandson
#3Garrett Douglas Leonard
November 3, 1926 (Age 51 years)

Death of a grandsonJames Allen Leonard
November 20, 1926 (Age 51 years)

Death of a wifeAnnie Lousetta Hartman
July 10, 1928 (Age 53 years)

Annie Lousetta Leonard Death Certificate NC 1928

Birth of a granddaughter
#4Edna Rae Leonard
February 24, 1929 (Age 53 years)

Middle Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 54 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

The Great Depression

Census April 10, 1930 (Age 54 years)

Birth of a grandson
#5Donald Lee Leonard
July 15, 1930 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a grandson
#6Kenneth Lamar Leonard
April 1933 (Age 57 years)

Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

Death of a grandsonKenneth Lamar Leonard
February 3, 1934 (Age 58 years)

Census April 22, 1940 (Age 64 years)

Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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

World War II

Death of a daughterThelma O Leonard
April 2, 1950 (Age 74 years)

Death of a brotherVadra Thomas Leonard
January 12, 1951 (Age 75 years)

Vadia Thomas Leonard Death Certificate NC 1951

Vadra T Leonard death

Historical Event

Korean War

between 1950 and 1953 (Age 74 years)

South Korea

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

Korean War

Historical Event

Vietnam War

between 1946 and 1975 (Age 70 years)

Vietnam

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

Vietnam War

Death August 25, 1956 (Age 81 years)