The Shemwell Family

George CarrAge: 41 years18761917

Name
George Carr
Given names
George
Surname
Carr
Birth February 1876
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
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
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 24 years)
MarriageElla J ShemwellView this family
1911 (Age 34 years)

Note: George Carr denied marriage ever occurred.
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Shot & Killed man
Newspaper
March 21, 1917 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 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
Death March 23, 1917 (Age 41 years)
Cause of death: Shot by pistol
Family with Ella J Shemwell - View this family
himself
George Carr
Birth: February 1876Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 23, 1917Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Ella J Shemwell
Birth: April 22, 1881 26 22Missouri, United States
Death: April 22, 1964Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: 1911
Stephen McBee + Ella J Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
Stephen McBee
Birth: February 16, 1894Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: March 16, 1965
wife
Ella J Shemwell
Birth: April 22, 1881 26 22Missouri, United States
Death: April 22, 1964Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 1930Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - George Carr - Household

Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Carr, GeorgeboarderWMFeb187624SITITITfarm laborer

Marriage
George Carr denied marriage ever occurred. Ella (Eylla) Shemwell testified that she was working as a dressmaker in 1911 in Checotah, OK. While employed there she met Carr who proposed marriage in a short time. She left Checotah after being there only a few months going to a farmhouse near Council Hill, OK where she was employed for about a month as a dressmaker. While at the farmhouse Carr came four times to see her and that on his fourth visit she consented to marry him and did so the same day.