The Shemwell Family

Joseph W Lee1851

Name
Joseph W Lee
Given names
Joseph W
Surname
Lee
Birth about 1851 30 22
Note: Birth year/place based on 1860 Census
Death of a fatherSamuel T Lee
about 1852 (Age 12 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel Lee
February 3, 1853 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentMoses C WatsonLouisa AddingtonView this family
October 30, 1853 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-sisterElizabeth Watson
January 30, 1856 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterHannah “Anna” Watson
December 30, 1856 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 26, 1860 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary A “Mollie” Watson
June 6, 1861 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry Watson
about 1863 (Age 12 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 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 16 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann Thomas
March 29, 1868 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 18 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 27 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 motherLouisa Addington
January 27, 1887 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a half-sisterHannah “Anna” Watson
April 29, 1917 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 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 67 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 78 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 half-sisterElizabeth Watson
January 5, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary A “Mollie” Watson
October 17, 1943 (Age 92 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 90 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 99 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 95 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 parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 24, 1846Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
4 years
elder sister
3 years
himself
Mother’s family with Moses C Watson - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: October 30, 1853Indiana, United States
2 years
half-sister
Elizabeth Watson
Birth: January 30, 1856 28 27Carroll, Indiana, United States
Death: January 5, 1930Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
11 months
half-sister
Hannah “Anna” Watson
Birth: December 30, 1856 28 27Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 29, 1917Illinois, United States
4 years
half-sister
Mary A “Mollie” Watson
Birth: June 6, 1861 33 32Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: October 17, 1943Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
3 years
half-brother
Henry Watson
Birth: about 1863 35 34Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death:

Birth
Birth year/place based on 1860 Census
Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Moses C Watson - Household

Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Moses C Watsonhead31MWFarmer200OH
Louisa Watsonwife30FWIN
Nancey J Leestep daughter11FWINx
Joseph W Leestep son9MWINx
Hannah Watsondaughter4FWINx
Elizabeth Watsondaughter3FWIN
Moses Watsonfather75MWPA