The Shemwell Family

Sammie Franklin AllisonAge: 42 years19001942

Name
Sammie Franklin Allison
Given names
Sammie Franklin
Surname
Allison
Birth May 1, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
MarriageLois Darling McMillanView this family
December 19, 1921 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Sue Allison
July 11, 1929 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nelda Joyce Allison
February 10, 1941 (Age 40 years)
Death of a daughterMary Sue Allison
December 20, 1942 (on the date of death)
Cause: Train - Auto Wreck
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 December 20, 1942 (Age 42 years)
Cause of death: Train - Auto Wreck
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Family with Lois Darling McMillan - View this family
himself
Sammie Franklin Allison
Birth: May 1, 1900Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 1942Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: December 19, 1921Houston, Tennessee, United States
8 years
daughter
Mary Sue Allison
Birth: July 11, 1929 29 26Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 1942Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
12 years
daughter
Nelda Joyce Allison
Birth: February 10, 1941 40 37Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 17, 2021Tennessee, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Sammie Franklin Allison - Household

Highway 49 West Houston, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Allison, SamheadMW39MTNSame placeLaborerLime Co.
Allison, LoisXwifeFW35MTNSame place
Allison, Mary SuedaughterFW11STNSame place