The Shemwell Family

Daniel Webster Wilkerson Sr.1845

Name
Daniel Webster Wilkerson Sr.
Given names
Daniel Webster
Surname
Wilkerson
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth 1845

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 12 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a son
#1
James W Wilkerson
1860 (Age 15 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 years)

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
Birth of a son
#2
Berry O Wilkerson
1865 (Age 20 years)

MarriageSara Jane WeeverView this family
January 20, 1867 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 22 years)
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 22 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 24 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 33 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJudith Elizabeth “Julia” GossettView this family
April 5, 1879 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Cora Wilkerson
January 11, 1880 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Nora May Wilkerson
December 3, 1881 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Flora May Wilkerson
May 14, 1883 (Age 38 years)
Death of a daughterNora May Wilkerson
February 18, 1884 (Age 39 years)
Death of a daughterCora Wilkerson
July 30, 1884 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Daniel Webster Wilkerson
October 8, 1885 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 daughterFlora May Wilkerson
January 4, 1900 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childDaniel Webster WilkersonFrancis Nora “Fannie” MooreView this family
June 14, 1914 (Age 69 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Geraldine Wilkerson
April 23, 1915 (Age 70 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 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
#2
Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson
August 13, 1918 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 72 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 73 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 84 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 96 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 of a wifeJudith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett
March 8, 1949 (Age 104 years)
Death of a sonDaniel Webster Wilkerson
August 29, 1953 (Age 108 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 105 years)
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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 101 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
Deathunknown

Family with Judith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: April 5, 1879Randolph, Arkansas, United States
9 months
daughter
Cora Wilkerson
Birth: January 11, 1880 35 16Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 30, 1884Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
23 months
daughter
Nora May Wilkerson
Birth: December 3, 1881 36 18Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 18, 1884Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
17 months
daughter
Flora May Wilkerson
Birth: May 14, 1883 38 19Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 4, 1900Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
2 years
son
Family with Sara Jane Weever - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 20, 1867Randolph, Arkansas, United States
-6 years
son
6 years
son

No family available

Note
Daniel Wilkerson SR. married Sara Jane Weever 20 January 1867, Randolph County, AR. two children James W. b. 1860 Berry O. b. 1865 Daniel Wilkerson SR. b.1845