The Shemwell Family

William Thomas ChadwickAge: 84 years18651949

Name
William Thomas Chadwick
Given names
William Thomas
Surname
Chadwick
Birth May 15, 1865 38 35
MarriageNancy Freedona WeaksView this family
unknown

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 19 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 19 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 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 son
#1
Murray Levi Chadwick
January 20, 1888 (Age 22 years)
Death of a fatherJohn H Chadwick
July 4, 1897 (Age 32 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
Birth of a son
#2
Walter H Chadwick
calculated 1899 (Age 33 years)
Marriage of a childMurray Levi ChadwickMamie Flora ShemwellView this family
September 20, 1908 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Murray Freeman Chadwick
August 21, 1909 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Alberta Mildred Chadwick
January 10, 1911 (Age 45 years)
Note: or 04 FEB 1912
Birth of a grandson
#3
William Thomas “Bill” Chadwick Sr.
August 27, 1913 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherSarah A Fowler
1914 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Edward Eugene Chadwick
September 5, 1915 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Imagene Bertha Chadwick
April 3, 1917 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 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 52 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/
Birth of a grandson
#6
Otho Shemwell “Joe” Chadwick
February 16, 1927 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 64 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 grandsonMurray Freeman Chadwick
February 2, 1934 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Glen Levi Chadwick
February 4, 1938 (Age 72 years)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 74 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Ronnie Hamilton Chadwick
August 10, 1940 (Age 75 years)
Death of a granddaughterImagene Bertha Chadwick
October 21, 1941 (Age 76 years)
Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Death of a wifeNancy Freedona Weaks
December 27, 1942 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 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 August 19, 1949 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Weaks Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
John H Chadwick
Birth: October 23, 1826Tennessee, United States
Death: July 4, 1897Stewart, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage:
himself
William Thomas Chadwick
Birth: May 15, 1865 38 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 1949Houston, Tennessee, United States
Family with Nancy Freedona Weaks - View this family
himself
William Thomas Chadwick
Birth: May 15, 1865 38 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 1949Houston, Tennessee, United States
wife
Nancy Freedona Weaks
Birth: March 7, 1866 28 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 27, 1942Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
son
12 years
son
Walter H Chadwick
Birth: calculated 1899 33 32Tennessee, United States
Death:

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Thomas Chadwick - Household

River Road Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
William T ChadwickheadMW74MTNFarmingFarm
Nancy F ChadwickwifeFW74MTN
Walter H ChadwicksonMW41STNFarmingFarm