The Shemwell Family

Elisha Elliot CollierAge: 67 years18711939

Name
Elisha Elliot Collier
Given names
Elisha Elliot
Surname
Collier
Birth September 7, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCelia Jane DeWeeseView this family
March 13, 1892 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 44 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 45 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 46 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/
Death of a wifeCelia Jane DeWeese
1925 (Age 53 years)

MarriageLucinda “Lou” StinsonView this family
September 1, 1927 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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 17, 1930 (Age 58 years)
Death September 4, 1939 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ebenezer Cemetery
Family with Celia Jane DeWeese - View this family
himself
Elisha Elliot Collier
Birth: September 7, 1871Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 4, 1939Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: March 13, 1892Logan, Kentucky, United States
Family with Lucinda “Lou” Stinson - View this family
himself
Elisha Elliot Collier
Birth: September 7, 1871Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 4, 1939Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Lucinda “Lou” Stinson
Birth: September 17, 1876 42 18Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 24, 1960Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: September 1, 1927Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
George Henry Shemwell + Lucinda “Lou” Stinson - View this family
wife’s husband
George Henry Shemwell
Birth: January 4, 1876 39 28Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 11, 1920Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Lucinda “Lou” Stinson
Birth: September 17, 1876 42 18Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 24, 1960Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: March 13, 1895Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
11 months
step-daughter

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Elisha Elliot Collier - Household

Muhlenberg, KY

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Collier, Elisha EheadMW58M20KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Collier, Lou SwifeFW53M18KYTNTN