William Herbert TomerlinAge: 64 years1877–1942
- Name
- William Herbert Tomerlin
- Given names
- William Herbert
- Surname
- Tomerlin
 Birth | June 26, 1877 36 25 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 6 months)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 sister | Martha Bell Tomerlin January 4, 1880 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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 maternal grandmother | Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock before 1900 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 father | James Andrew Tomerlin July 15, 1920 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Samuel Black Shemwell December 22, 1921 (Age 44 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Death of a mother | Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell February 23, 1926 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 52 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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 |
 Death | January 24, 1942 (Age 64 years) |
 Last change | June 6, 2017 – 13:20:11 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Andrew Tomerlin Birth: June 1, 1841 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 15, 1920 — Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell Birth: 1852 19 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 23, 1926 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 23, 1876 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months himself |
William Herbert Tomerlin Birth: June 26, 1877 36 25 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1942 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Martha Bell Tomerlin Birth: January 4, 1880 38 28 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 19, 1960 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
William Herbert Tomerlin has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents John L Shemwell + Analiza Alice “Annie” Jones
Parents James Washington Shemwell + Laura Lee Brinkley
Parents Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell + Sarah Elizabeth Jones
Parents Samuel M Shemwell + Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” Jarvis
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James A Tomerlin - Household
Paradise, Muhlenberg, Ky
Notes: Next door to Shemwell's |