The Shemwell Family

Ada L SuttonAge: 54 years18581912

Name
Ada L Sutton
Given names
Ada L
Surname
Sutton
Married name
Ada L Mosley
Birth April 10, 1858 65 39
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherWilliam B Sutton
August 1860 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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
Death of a fatherLemuel Sutton
before 1866 (Age 7 years)

Note: Family story has Lemuel dying during the Civil War.
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 8 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 8 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 10 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
Death of a motherElizabeth Virginia Davis
March 15, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Census August 17, 1870 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam B Sutton
January 8, 1871 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

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 39 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 4, 1900 (Age 42 years)
MarriageP M MosleyView this family
November 25, 1908 (Age 50 years)
Death of a half-brotherJames Sterling Lockridge
March 1, 1910 (Age 51 years)
Note: http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/mscwmb/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=16258
Death April 25, 1912 (Age 54 years)
Probate May 1912 (6 days after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Red Banks Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 12, 1850Marshall, Mississippi, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
William Wesley Sutton
Birth: about 1854 61 35Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death:
2 years
elder sister
Ellenor Levonia “Ella” Sutton
Birth: February 11, 1856 63 37Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: July 13, 1921Marshall, Mississippi, United States
2 years
herself
Ada L Sutton
Birth: April 10, 1858 65 39Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: April 25, 1912Marshall, Mississippi, United States
2 years
younger brother
William B Sutton
Birth: August 1860 67 41Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: January 8, 1871Mississippi, United States
Father’s family with Anne W Thomas - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: July 14, 1823
Mother’s family with King - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1836
2 years
half-sister
Catherine King
Birth: about 1837 21 18Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
half-sister
Mother’s family with Robert Patton Lockridge - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: September 2, 1844Williamson, Tennessee, United States
16 months
half-sister
2 years
half-brother
James Sterling Lockridge
Birth: December 1846 51 27Mississippi, United States
Death: March 1, 1910Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Family with P M Mosley - View this family
husband
herself
Ada L Sutton
Birth: April 10, 1858 65 39Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: April 25, 1912Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Marriage: November 25, 1908Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi, United States

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James Sterling Lockridge - Household

Marshall, Mississippi

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Lockridge, James Shead22MWFarmerMS
Sutton, Wesleyhalf-brother16MWMS
Sutton, Ellahalf-sister14FWMS
Sutton, Adahalf-sister12FWMS
Sutton, William Bhalf-brother10MWMS

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Jim Rodgers - Household

Marshall, Mississippi

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Rodgers, Jim WheadWMMar185050M28MSNCALFarmer
Rodgers, EllawifeWFFeb185644M28119MSMDTN
Sutton, Adasister in lawWFApr185842SMSMDTN