Almira Caroline “Carrie” ShemwellAge: 78 years1842–1920
- Name
- Almira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell
- Given names
- Almira Caroline
- Nickname
- Carrie
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Almira Caroline Hester
 Birth | March 31, 1842 31 24 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell April 13, 1844 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell August 9, 1846 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Christopher Columbus “Bud” Shemwell September 2, 1848 (Age 6 years) Note: or September 12, 1848 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Martha A “Mattie” Shemwell December 4, 1851 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell May 17, 1853 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marquis Delumuel “Mark” Shemwell March 13, 1856 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas W Shemwell October 20, 1858 (Age 16 years) Note: 19 OCT 1858 ? |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth “Betsey” Ashbourn August 1859 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 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 1, 1860 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 |
 Marriage | John Wesley Hester — View this family November 29, 1865 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Bruce “Ruse” Hester April 27, 1867 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 24 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 24 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 26 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Lush Hester September 1870 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | October 12, 1870 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Eber Everett Hester August 26, 1872 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Maon Hester July 18, 1874 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Lt. Abot Hester July 28, 1878 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Floyd August 21, 1878 (Age 36 years) Cause: Rheumatic fever |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 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 38 years) |
| Death of a father | James Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell November 4, 1880 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lush Hester — Mary Frances “Marie” Hume — View this family July 9, 1893 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a sister | Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell July 31, 1893 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha A “Mattie” Shemwell April 27, 1896 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Maud Ella Hester September 30, 1896 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Bruce “Ruse” Hester — Anise G Vaughn — View this family June 12, 1898 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Eber Everett Hester — Grace Pearl Fisher — View this family December 25, 1898 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | R Vaughn Hester February 1899 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Floyd Pearl Hester September 13, 1899 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Madge Edith Hester about 1902 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Claudina Lorena Hester July 14, 1902 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a son | Lt. Abot Hester January 13, 1903 (Age 60 years) Cause: Cholera |
| Death of a brother | Marquis Delumuel “Mark” Shemwell May 20, 1905 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Maon Hester — Jean Leticie “Ticie” Allison — View this family April 3, 1907 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Lydia Minerva Hester June 25, 1909 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a son | Bruce “Ruse” Hester June 27, 1909 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Samuel Wesley Hester September 27, 1909 (Age 67 years) |
| Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Beulah Hester August 23, 1911 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Beulah Hester September 8, 1911 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | John E Hester January 8, 1913 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a grandson | John E Hester February 16, 1913 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Eber Clyde Hester May 17, 1914 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Christopher Columbus “Bud” Shemwell August 30, 1914 (Age 72 years) Note: or July 31, 1914 |
| Death of a brother | Thomas W Shemwell March 19, 1916 (Age 73 years) Cause: Died in Flood |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Charles J Hester September 12, 1916 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 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 74 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 75 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Frances Jeannette Hester February 26, 1919 (Age 76 years) |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | December 12, 1920 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Granite City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell Birth: October 19, 1810 35 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 4, 1880 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Floyd Birth: April 12, 1817 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 1878 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 13, 1835 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Armina M “Mina” Shemwell Birth: February 9, 1839 28 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 28, 1928 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell Birth: February 23, 1840 29 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1893 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Almira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1842 31 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 12, 1920 — Perry, Noble, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell Birth: April 13, 1844 33 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1929 — Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell Birth: August 9, 1846 35 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1921 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Christopher Columbus “Bud” Shemwell Birth: September 2, 1848 37 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1914 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Martha A “Mattie” Shemwell Birth: December 4, 1851 41 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 27, 1896 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months younger brother |
Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell Birth: May 17, 1853 42 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 17, 1942 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Marquis Delumuel “Mark” Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1856 45 38 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1905 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: October 20, 1858 48 41 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 19, 1916 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
| Family with John Wesley Hester |
| husband |
John Wesley Hester Birth: March 14, 1842 34 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1935 |
| herself |
Almira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1842 31 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 12, 1920 — Perry, Noble, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: November 29, 1865 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months son |
Bruce “Ruse” Hester Birth: April 27, 1867 25 25 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 27, 1909 — Granite, Greer, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years son |
Lush Hester Birth: September 1870 28 28 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 7, 1960 |
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2 years son |
Eber Everett Hester Birth: August 26, 1872 30 30 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 5, 1960 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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23 months son |
Maon Hester Birth: July 18, 1874 32 32 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1938 — Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years son |
Lt. Abot Hester Birth: July 28, 1878 36 36 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1903 — Masbate, Philippines |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - James Marquis Shemwell - Household
Page 264A Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James Marquis Shemwell - Household
Todd, Ky.
Notes: The names are wrong and hard to read, dates are off by +/- 2 yrs. It has an LP Shemwell that I believe to be Fate, there was a Louis P b. 1850 in the database I deleted. -B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Hester - Household
Sharon Grove Todd Ky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Hester - Household
Sharon Grove Todd Ky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Hester - Household
Indian Territory Creek Nation - Oklahoma
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Hester - Household
Greer, Oklahoma, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James M Johnston - Household
721 F Street Perry, Noble, Oklahoma
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| Note | In the Creek Nation Indian territory census in 1900 and it says she had only 5 children(all living). None living at home. |