The Shemwell Family

Nancy Ellen “Nannie” SheltonAge: 49 years18681918

Name
Nancy Ellen “Nannie” Shelton
Given names
Nancy Ellen
Surname
Shelton
Married name
Nancy Ellen Johns
Nickname
Nannie
Birth November 25, 1868 29 21
Birth of a brotherEugene Holland Shelton
September 3, 1869 (Age 9 months)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 37 days)

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 July 22, 1870 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a sisterNellie Pineleaf Shelton
December 29, 1872 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAgnes Ellen Wimpey
February 26, 1876 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterHattie Adell Shelton
August 29, 1876 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 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 1, 1880 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherJasper Thomas Shelton
May 9, 1881 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherNorman Wesley Shelton
November 7, 1883 (Age 14 years)
MarriageJohn Farmer JohnsView this family
estimated 1884 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Roscoe Melvin Johns
September 11, 1886 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Earnest Fay Johns
February 2, 1889 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Emory Ray Johns
December 8, 1890 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Carrie Lee Johns
May 21, 1894 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 26, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherNathaniel Walker Holland
September 7, 1908 (Age 39 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sonRoscoe Melvin Johns
August 5, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childLeo H BlakelyCarrie Lee JohnsView this family
November 25, 1915 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#1
Leo H Blakely Jr.
July 5, 1917 (Age 48 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Farmer Johns
July 19, 1917 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 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 49 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 January 5, 1918 (Age 49 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sarcoxie Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 14, 1865Fayette, Illinois, United States
3 years
herself
9 months
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Hattie Adell Shelton
Birth: August 29, 1876 37 29Illinois, United States
Death: August 6, 1926Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
5 years
younger brother
Jasper Thomas Shelton
Birth: May 9, 1881 42 34Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 19, 1955Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Norman Wesley Shelton
Birth: November 7, 1883 44 36Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 14, 1954Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Family with John Farmer Johns - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: estimated 1884
3 years
son
Roscoe Melvin Johns
Birth: September 11, 1886 25 17Phelps, Missouri, United States
Death: August 5, 1910Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
2 years
son
Earnest Fay Johns
Birth: February 2, 1889 27 20Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 30, 1939Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
22 months
son
Emory Ray Johns
Birth: December 8, 1890 29 22Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1974Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
daughter
Carrie Lee Johns
Birth: May 21, 1894 32 25Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 20, 1974Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States

Nancy Ellen “Nannie” Shelton has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Jonathan T Shelton - Household

Kaskaskia, Fayette, Illinois

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Shelton, Johnhead30MWFarmerIL
Shelton, Elizabethwife23FWKeeping HouseKY
Shelton, Nancydaughter3FWIL
Shelton, Eugeneson10mMWILAug

Next door to her parents

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Thomas Shelton - Household

Wilburton, Fayette, Illinois

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Shelton, John TWM41headMFarmerILKYKY
Shelton, Nancy EWF32wifeMKYKYKY
Shelton, Nancy EWF12daughterSILILKY
Shelton, EugeneWM10sonSILILKY
Shelton, NellieWF6daughterSILILKY
Shelton, HattieWF4daughterSILILKY

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John F Johns - Household

Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Johns, John FheadWMJun186138M16ILUNUNDay Laborer
Johns, Nancy EwifeWFNov186532M1644ILILKY
Johns, Roscoe MsonWMSep188813SMOILILAt School
Johns, Earnest FsonWMFeb189011SMOILILAt School
Johns, Emory RsonWMDec18919SMOILIL
Johns, CarriedaughterWFMay18946SMOILIL

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John F Johns - Household

9th. Street Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Johns, JohnheadMW48M25ILUNUNLaborerOdd Jobs
Johns, NanniewifeFW41M2544ILILKY
Johns, RoscoesonMW23SMOILIL
Johns, FaysonMW21SMOILIL
Johns, RaysonMW19SMOILIL
Johns, CarriedaughterFW15SMOILIL