The Shemwell Family

Augusta Ellen ThornsberryAge: 64 years18751939

Name
Augusta Ellen Thornsberry
Given names
Augusta Ellen
Surname
Thornsberry
Married name
Augusta Ellen Tabb
Birth July 8, 1875 30 35
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Brownhouse
June 10, 1881 (Age 5 years)
MarriageJames W TabbView this family
1895 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames H Hester
January 3, 1895 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Hobert Tabb
September 5, 1896 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 daughter
#2
Noba Tabb
January 29, 1899 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherPresley M Thornsberry
December 19, 1899 (Age 24 years)
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William Boyd Tabb
1901 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Anna L Tabb
July 29, 1906 (Age 31 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Address: Western Kentucky Asylum for Insane
Death of a motherMary Ann Hester
March 26, 1914 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 7, 1920 (Age 44 years)
Address: Western State Hospital
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Katherine Epley
1924 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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 10, 1930 (Age 54 years)
Address: Western State Hospital
Death of a half-brotherJames Thomas Sanders
June 14, 1937 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandJames W Tabb
April 5, 1939 (Age 63 years)
Death August 1, 1939 (Age 64 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 14, 1867Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
16 months
elder sister
Cordelia E Thornsberry
Birth: April 21, 1870 25 30Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 1944Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 years
herself
Augusta Ellen Thornsberry
Birth: July 8, 1875 30 35Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 1, 1939Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Mother’s family with Benjamin T Sanders - View this family
step-father
Benjamin T Sanders
Birth: May 1, 1839Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 5, 1863Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage: January 31, 1861Todd, Kentucky, United States
10 months
half-sister
Luella Sanders
Birth: November 21, 1861 22 22Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 28, 1868Logan, Kentucky, United States
16 months
half-brother
Family with James W Tabb - View this family
husband
herself
Augusta Ellen Thornsberry
Birth: July 8, 1875 30 35Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 1, 1939Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: 1895Kentucky, United States
20 months
son
Hobert Tabb
Birth: September 5, 1896 24 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 7, 1988Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
Noba Tabb
Birth: January 29, 1899 26 23Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 7, 1975Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
6 years
daughter
Anna L Tabb
Birth: July 29, 1906 34 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 16, 1989Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James W Tabb - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Tabb, James WheadWMJul187227M5KYKYKYfarmer
Tabb, Ellen AwifeWFJun187524M522KYKYTN
Tabb, HobartsonWMSep18963MKYKYKY
Tabb, NobiedaughterWFJan18991MKYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Augusta Ellen Thornsberry - Household

Christian, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Tabb, Augusta EheadFW31M43KYKYTNInmate

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Augusta Ellen Thornsberry - Household

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tabb, Augusta EheadFW41MKYKYTNInmate

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Augusta Ellen Thornsberry - Household

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Tabb, Augusta EheadFW55MKYKYTNInmate