The Shemwell Family

Martha B KittrellAge: 95 years18781974

Name
Martha B Kittrell
Given names
Martha B
Surname
Kittrell
Married name
Martha B Ewing
Birth October 1878 29 29
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

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 20 months)
Birth of a sisterSarah Alice Kittrell
September 1882 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterCora L Kittrell
October 1885 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Harrison Kittrell
May 25, 1888 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Daniel “Joe” Kittrell
March 4, 1891 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherSamuel Lee Kittrell
October 1893 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 8, 1900 (Age 21 years)
MarriagePerry Washington EwingView this family
January 14, 1903 (Age 24 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 motherSarah Jane Hinkle
June 20, 1917 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 38 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 39 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 February 12, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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 12, 1930 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherDaniel Rushin Kittrell
December 11, 1930 (Age 52 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a sisterSarah Alice Kittrell
November 6, 1932 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherMarion Arthur Kittrell
April 15, 1936 (Age 57 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandPerry Washington Ewing
1942 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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
Death of a sisterMary Melissa Kittrell
December 12, 1950 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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
Death of a brotherSamuel Lee Kittrell
1959 (Age 80 years)

Death of a brotherJoseph Daniel “Joe” Kittrell
June 30, 1967 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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
Death July 24, 1974 (Age 95 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1869Carroll, Arkansas, United States
5 years
elder sister
22 months
elder brother
3 years
herself
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Family with Perry Washington Ewing - View this family
husband
Perry Washington Ewing
Birth: January 14, 1873Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: 1942Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
herself
Marriage: January 14, 1903Carroll, Arkansas, United States

Martha B Kittrell has 3 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Rushin Kittrell - Household

Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Kittrell, Daniel RWM30headMMinisterMOILIL
Kittrell, Sarah JWF29wifeMKeep HouseMOKYKY
Kittrell, MaryWF6daughterSARMOMO
Kittrell, Arthur MWM3sonSARMOMO
Kittrell, Martha BWF10mdaughterSARMOMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Rushin Kittrell - Household

Winona, Carroll, Arkansas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Kittrell, DanielheadWMFeb184951M31MOTNMOFarmer
Kittrell, Sarah JwifeWFNov184851M31129MOKYMO
Kittrell, MarthadaughterWFOct187822SARMOMO
Kittrell, Sarah AdaughterWFSep188217SARMOMO
Kittrell, Cora DdaughterWFOct188514SARMOMO
Kittrell, Henry HsonWMMay188812SARMOMO
Kittrell, JosephsonWMMar18919SARMOMO
Kittrell, Samuel LsonWMOct18937SARMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Perry Washington Ewing - Household

508 S. 1st Street Iola, Allen, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Ewing, Washington PheadMW30M7MOMOMOCrusherCement Plant
Ewing, MarthawifeFW30M700ARARAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Perry Washington Ewing - Household

Treece Street Quapaw, Ottawa, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ewing, Perry WheadMW46MMOUSUSMinerZinc Mine
Ewing, Martha BwifeFW40MARMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Perry Washington Ewing - Household

Galena, Cherokee, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ewing, Wash. TheadMW57M29MOMOMOLaborerLead & Zinc Mine
Ewing, MarthawifeFW50M23ARMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Perry Washington Ewing - Household

N. Euclid Galena, Cherokee, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Ewing, Perry WheadMW67MMOSame House
Ewing, MarthawifeFW62MARSame House