The Shemwell Family

Kate Lillian HewellAge: 90 years18771967

Name
Kate Lillian Hewell
Given names
Kate Lillian
Surname
Hewell
Married name
Kate Lillian Morgan
Birth April 11, 1877 36 24
MarriageCharles Haddon MorganView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 4, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherHerbert Leach Hewell
November 15, 1885 (Age 8 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
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Death of a motherDelilah Inez Riggins
July 3, 1902 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann Elizabeth Cherry
February 19, 1906 (Age 28 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherCharles Riggins
May 31, 1913 (Age 36 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/
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 42 years)

Death of a fatherJefferson Devan Hewell
November 28, 1923 (Age 46 years)
Cause: Diptheria

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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 52 years)
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 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
Death of a husbandCharles Haddon Morgan
January 14, 1954 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Malcolm Hewell
March 15, 1958 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 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 October 1967 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Spring Hill Cemetery
Last change August 26, 201713:53:04

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with parents - View this family
father
Jefferson Devan Hewell
Birth: May 13, 1840 36 28Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 28, 1923Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage: October 30, 1872Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder brother
Thomas Malcolm Hewell
Birth: August 13, 1873 33 20Tennessee, United States
Death: March 15, 1958Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
herself
Kate Lillian Hewell
Birth: April 11, 1877 36 24Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1967Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
9 years
younger brother
Herbert Leach Hewell
Birth: November 15, 1885 45 32Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1973Old Hickory, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Family with Charles Haddon Morgan - View this family
husband
Charles Haddon Morgan
Birth: September 6, 1884New York, United States
Death: January 14, 1954Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Kate Lillian Hewell
Birth: April 11, 1877 36 24Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1967Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

Kate Lillian Hewell has 8 first cousins recorded