Elphina Ella ShemwellAge: 77 years1850–1927
- Name
- Elphina Ella Shemwell
- Given names
- Elphina Ella
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Elphina Ella Rukes
 Birth | March 13, 1850 27 28 |
 Census | August 14, 1850 (Age 5 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell August 12, 1857 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell May 4, 1859 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 8, 1860 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell September 23, 1861 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 16 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 16 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 18 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 1, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” Shemwell March 18, 1876 (Age 26 years) |
 Religious marriage | John Russell Rukes — View this family January 1, 1878 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Hall December 8, 1878 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #1 | Harry Claud “H C” Rukes August 16, 1879 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Retta R Rukes November 1, 1881 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Bessie Irene Rukes May 26, 1893 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 2, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles C “Charlie” Brim — Retta R Rukes — View this family May 20, 1902 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Bessie Irene Brim March 25, 1903 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harry Claud “H C” Rukes — Otis Lucinda Lewis — View this family October 5, 1904 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Franklin Shemwell November 11, 1905 (Age 55 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a mother | Mary Catherine Hall November 14, 1905 (Age 55 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ardith Pauline Brim November 24, 1908 (Age 58 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Russell Rukes September 2, 1911 (Age 61 years) Cause: Compound Fracture kicked by horse |
| Marriage of a child | Emmett Noble Brewster — Bessie Irene Rukes — View this family Type: Religious marriage April 9, 1914 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 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 brother | William McKinley Shemwell November 25, 1917 (Age 67 years) Cause: Pneumonia & Paralysis |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 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 67 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 | January 12, 1920 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Caswell Shemwell March 27, 1927 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | June 12, 1927 (Age 77 years) Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver not acoholic |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Ridge Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Franklin Shemwell Birth: March 7, 1823 25 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 11, 1905 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Catherine Hall Birth: December 23, 1821 24 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 14, 1905 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1842 — |
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2 years elder brother |
William McKinley Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1843 20 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 25, 1917 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 months elder sister |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: March 28, 1844 21 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 4, 1933 |
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3 years elder sister |
Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell Birth: 1846 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1928 — Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
James Caswell Shemwell Birth: April 22, 1848 25 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 27, 1927 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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23 months herself |
Elphina Ella Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1850 27 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 12, 1927 — Elk Fork, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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7 years younger sister |
Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: August 12, 1857 34 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 10, 1942 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell Birth: May 4, 1859 36 37 — Bowling Green, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 15, 1942 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell Birth: September 23, 1861 38 39 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1947 — Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with John Russell Rukes |
| husband |
John Russell Rukes Birth: January 21, 1852 — Indiana, United States Death: September 2, 1911 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Elphina Ella Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1850 27 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 12, 1927 — Elk Fork, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: January 1, 1878 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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19 months son |
Harry Claud “H C” Rukes Birth: August 16, 1879 27 29 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1938 — El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Retta R Rukes Birth: November 1, 1881 29 31 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: September 12, 1972 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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12 years daughter |
Bessie Irene Rukes Birth: May 26, 1893 41 43 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: September 19, 1962 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| John Russell Rukes + Sarah Ann “Allie” Stults |
| husband |
John Russell Rukes Birth: January 21, 1852 — Indiana, United States Death: September 2, 1911 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Sarah Ann “Allie” Stults Birth: about 1856 — Indiana, United States Death: 1877 |
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Marriage: February 11, 1873 — Vigo, Indiana, United States |
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2 months step-son |
Charles Franklin Rukes Birth: April 6, 1873 21 17 — Indiana, United States Death: December 4, 1911 |
Elphina Ella Shemwell has 35 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents Henry Mitchell + Harriet Miranda “Mary” Shemwell
Mother's family (28)
Parents John Y Carneal + Barbary Ann Hall
Parents Irvin Gilbert + Elizabeth “Betsy” Hall
Parents James F “Jin” Hall + Rebecca A “Becky” Munday
Parents Micajah Merriman “Cage” Hall + Martha Jane Sherrell
Parents Micajah Merriman “Cage” Hall + Martha E Tatum
Parents William Charles Neal + Lucinda A Hall
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Bowling Green Twp, Pettis, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Notes: Jane Cook living next door who was married to Fielding Cook. She was a cousin; father was Samuel Shemwell. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Russell Rukes - Household
Prairie, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Russell Rukes - Household
Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Russell Rukes - Household
Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Elphina Ella Shemwell - Household
Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri
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