The Shemwell Family

Emma Josephine FrostAge: 84 years18601944

Name
Emma Josephine Frost
Given names
Emma Josephine
Surname
Frost
Married name
Emma Josephine Hurst
Birth February 17, 1860 37 29
Census August 1, 1860 (Age 5 months)
Birth of a brotherSevier Winter Frost
October 10, 1861 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Jane “Betty” Frost
November 26, 1864 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 months)

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
Birth of a sisterLeeann Marilda “Lannie” Frost
May 26, 1867 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 6 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 6 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterElla Florence Frost
August 31, 1869 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 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
Census June 25, 1870 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterClara Adeline Frost
January 19, 1872 (Age 11 years)
Death of a motherNancy Adeline Lacy
November 21, 1873 (Age 13 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam English FrostAmanda Caroline StubblefieldView this family
December 30, 1875 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAmelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson
September 14, 1876 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 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 16, 1880 (Age 20 years)
MarriageWinfield Scott HurstView this family
April 16, 1882 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mable Clara Hurst
August 14, 1883 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Waldo Ross Hurst Sr.
May 8, 1885 (Age 25 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge English Frost
June 25, 1885 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Garland Frost Hurst Sr.
June 2, 1887 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sisterElla Florence Frost
November 15, 1888 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Thurman Scott Hurst
April 28, 1889 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam English Frost
June 19, 1889 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Beulah Josephine Hurst
June 2, 1891 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
William Simpson Hurst
March 22, 1894 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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
Death of a brotherElijah Clay Frost
July 17, 1909 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth Jane “Betty” Frost
May 28, 1916 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 brotherWilliam White Frost
February 2, 1922 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sonWaldo Ross Hurst Sr.
September 14, 1928 (Age 68 years)
Death of a sisterMary Catherine Frost
October 26, 1929 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 69 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
Death of a sisterClara Adeline Frost
January 17, 1939 (Age 78 years)
Death of a husbandWinfield Scott Hurst
January 12, 1941 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sisterLeeann Marilda “Lannie” Frost
November 10, 1943 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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 September 27, 1944 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 9, 1849Atchison, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Catherine Frost
Birth: March 25, 1852 29 21Wright, Illinois, United States
Death: October 26, 1929Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States
21 months
elder brother
George English Frost
Birth: January 1, 1854 31 23Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: June 25, 1885Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
3 years
elder brother
Elijah Clay Frost
Birth: August 22, 1856 33 26Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, United States
Death: July 17, 1909Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
8 months
elder brother
3 years
herself
20 months
younger brother
Sevier Winter Frost
Birth: October 10, 1861 39 31Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: August 13, 1946Stella, Newton, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Leeann Marilda “Lannie” Frost
Birth: May 26, 1867 44 36Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, United States
Death: November 10, 1943Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ella Florence Frost
Birth: August 31, 1869 46 39Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 15, 1888Barry, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
Clara Adeline Frost
Birth: January 19, 1872 49 41Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 17, 1939Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Father’s family with Amanda Caroline Stubblefield - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 30, 1875Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Family with Winfield Scott Hurst - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: April 16, 1882Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
16 months
daughter
Mable Clara Hurst
Birth: August 14, 1883 30 23Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 23, 1962Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
21 months
son
Waldo Ross Hurst Sr.
Birth: May 8, 1885 32 25Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 14, 1928Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
son
Garland Frost Hurst Sr.
Birth: June 2, 1887 34 27Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: October 4, 1949Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
23 months
son
Thurman Scott Hurst
Birth: April 28, 1889 36 29Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 12, 1975Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
daughter
Beulah Josephine Hurst
Birth: June 2, 1891 38 31Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 14, 1950Tulare, California, United States
3 years
son
William Simpson Hurst
Birth: March 22, 1894 41 34Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 8, 1964Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William English Frost - Household

Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
W E Frosthead37MFarmer700500TN
Nancy A Frostwife30FIL
Mary C Frostdaughter8FIA/
G E Frostson6MIA/
E C Frostson4MNE
W W Frostson3MMO
E J Frostdaughter4/12FMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William English Frost - Household

Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Frost, W Ehead48MWTN/
Frost, Nancywife40FWIL
Frost, Mary Cdaughter18FWIL
Frost, Geo Eson16MWIA
Frost, Elijah Cson14MWNE
Frost, Wm Wson12MWMO
Frost, Emma Jdaughter10FWMO
Frost, Sever Wson8MWMO/
Frost, Elizabeth Jdaughter6FWIA
Frost, Lee Anndaughter3FWIA
Frost, Ella Fdaughter4/12FWMOFeb

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William English Frost - Household

Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Frost, WmWM57headMFarmer4TNVA
Frost, CarolineWF47wifeMKeeping house2TNTNTN
Frost, ElijahWM24sonSWork on Farm3/NETNTN
Frost, EmmaWF20daughterSAt home2/MOTNTN
Frost, WinterWM18sonSAt home2/MOTNTN
Frost, BettieWF15daughterSAt home2/IATNTN
Frost, LeeannWF13daughterSAt home/IATNTN
Frost, EllaWF10daughterSAt home///MOTNTN
Frost, ClaraWF8daughterSAt home//MOTNTN