Sarah Elizabeth JonesAge: 87 years1861–1949
- Name
- Sarah Elizabeth Jones
- Given names
- Sarah Elizabeth
- Surname
- Jones
- Married name
- Sarah Elizabeth Shemwell
 Birth | August 29, 1861 Note: 1862? |
 Birth of a sister | Analiza Alice “Annie” Jones December 8, 1863 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell — View this family December 20, 1889 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 1, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Analiza Alice “Annie” Jones December 6, 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 20, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a husband | Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell August 20, 1924 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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 80 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 84 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 |
| Religion | Methodist before 1949 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | June 2, 1949 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crescent Hill Cemetery |
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Sarah Elizabeth Jones Birth: August 29, 1861 — Butler, Kentucky, United States Death: June 2, 1949 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Analiza Alice “Annie” Jones Birth: December 8, 1863 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: December 6, 1900 |
| Family with Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell |
| husband |
Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1858 26 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 1924 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Sarah Elizabeth Jones Birth: August 29, 1861 — Butler, Kentucky, United States Death: June 2, 1949 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1889 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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| Birth | 1862? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John L Shemwell - Household
Paradise, Muhlenberg, Ky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph H. Shemwell - Household
Central City Muhlenberg Ky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph H. Shemwell - Household
Bevier, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell - Household
Shemwell Hill? Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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