The Shemwell Family

Harriette A “Hattie” HowellAge: 76 years18691945

Name
Harriette A “Hattie” Howell
Given names
Harriette A
Surname
Howell
Married name
Harriette A McGehee
Nickname
Hattie
Birth July 10, 1869 56 31
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 10 months)
Birth of a sisterMargret Howell
about 1875 (Age 5 years)
Address: Birth date/place based on 1870 Census
Death of a fatherJohn Wiley Blount Howell
April 8, 1876 (Age 6 years)
Marriage of a parentJames HancockNancy Jane DuncanView this family
January 10, 1878 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 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 18, 1880 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn O Hancock
December 31, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Crawford
about 1884 (Age 14 years)
MarriageRobert Gordon McGeheeView this family
June 15, 1885 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Mae McGehee
May 2, 1887 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Albert Lon “Bert” McGehee
July 7, 1888 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lula Lee McGehee
November 11, 1890 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Edwin E McGehee
March 1894 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Herman Earl McGehee
April 7, 1896 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Carl Everette McGehee
July 26, 1898 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 18, 1900 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Anna Laura McGehee
September 29, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Marriage of a childLuther Erie HooperMary Mae McGeheeView this family
May 29, 1905 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Olive Fern Hooper
May 15, 1906 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Vivian L Hooper
April 16, 1908 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childAlbert Lon “Bert” McGeheeLena Bell BeardView this family
December 27, 1909 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childJames Arthur GrimsleyLula Lee McGeheeView this family
April 10, 1910 (Age 40 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Ovella Audrey Hooper
July 27, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Rex Maurice McGehee
May 31, 1911 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherNancy Jane Duncan
September 29, 1912 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Janice Nadine Grimsley
October 24, 1912 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childHerman Earl McGeheeSadie B GorumView this family
March 24, 1913 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Luther Wayne Hooper
September 30, 1913 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Charlie Earl McGehee
October 19, 1915 (Age 46 years)
Note: Still birth record naming parents
Death of a grandsonCharlie Earl McGehee
October 19, 1915 (Age 46 years)
Note: Still birth record naming parents
Birth of a grandson
#8
Herschel Sherman “Boots” Grimsley
August 27, 1916 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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
Death of a sonEdwin E McGehee
December 6, 1918 (Age 49 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 48 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
#9
Yoma Zerbetta Grimsley
June 15, 1919 (Age 49 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Jean Reigh Ralston
June 2, 1920 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childEdmund RalstonMary Mae McGeheeView this family
between 1918 and 1920 (Age 48 years)

Death of a husbandRobert Gordon McGehee
July 9, 1921 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childWalter Galway BrowningAnna Laura McGeheeView this family
April 4, 1922 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Carl Edwin McGehee
June 8, 1922 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Harriette Anne Browning
February 21, 1924 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Minnie Louise Browning
July 2, 1925 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
Everette Lee McGehee
July 14, 1925 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childMichael Leroy TroutmanMary Mae McGeheeView this family
between 1921 and 1925 (Age 51 years)

Birth of a grandson
#15
Donald Leroy Troutman
June 23, 1926 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
Harvey Dean McGehee
January 17, 1927 (Age 57 years)
Death of a daughterMary Mae McGehee
May 23, 1929 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#17
Leona Aileen Browning
July 30, 1931 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#18
Carolyn Sue Grimsley
July 25, 1933 (Age 64 years)
Death of a half-brotherJohn Wiley Thurman
December 2, 1938 (Age 69 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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 November 21, 1945 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rogers Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Wiley Blount Howell
Birth: October 28, 1812 33 42Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 8, 1876Praire Grove, Drew, Arkansas, United States
mother
Marriage: November 11, 1868Washington, Arkansas, United States
8 months
herself
7 years
younger sister
Mother’s family with William Posey Thurman - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: before 1864
6 months
half-brother
John Wiley Thurman
Birth: June 25, 1864 22 26Washington, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 2, 1938Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with James Hancock - View this family
step-father
James Hancock
Birth: March 22, 1826Tennessee, United States
Death: March 29, 1908Arkansas, United States
mother
Marriage: January 10, 1878Washington, Arkansas, United States
5 years
half-brother
John O Hancock
Birth: December 31, 1882 56 44Arkansas, United States
Death: July 24, 1962St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
Family with Robert Gordon McGehee - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 15, 1885Carroll, Arkansas, United States
23 months
daughter
14 months
son
Albert Lon “Bert” McGehee
Birth: July 7, 1888 20 18Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 10, 1966Joshua Tree, San Bernardino, California, United States
2 years
daughter
3 years
son
Edwin E McGehee
Birth: March 1894 26 24Arkansas, United States
Death: December 6, 1918France
2 years
son
2 years
son
Carl Everette McGehee
Birth: July 26, 1898 30 29Grandview, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 28, 1977Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
daughter
Anna Laura McGehee
Birth: September 29, 1900 33 31Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 24, 1992Paris, Logan, Arkansas, United States

Harriette A “Hattie” Howell has 2 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (2)

Parents Thomas F Duncan + Sarah Ann Jones
2Martha V Duncan18611915
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Wiley Blount Howell - Household

Mountain, Washington, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Howell, John Whead54MWFarmer20001000TN
Howell, Nancy Jwife32FWK HTN
Howell, WDson14MWAt HomeAR1
Howell (Thurman), Wileystep-son5MWAt HomeAR
Howell, Hdaughter1FWAt HomeAR
Howell, Hughservant18MBLaborerAR111
Howell, Suckservant60FBK HTN11

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Hancock - Household

ED 210, Mountain, Washington, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hancock, JamesWM54headMFarmerTNVAVA
Howell, Nancy JWF42wifeMKeeping HouseTNTNTN
Hancock, James SWM14sonSWorks on Farm1MOTNMO
Howell, Harriette AWF11step-daughterS11ARTNTN
Howell, MargretWF5step-daughterSARTNTN
Howell, SaukBF80servantVAVAVA

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert Gordon McGehee - Household

Cross, Carroll, Arkansas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
McGehee, RobertheadWMAug186732M15MOTNMOStone Mason
McGehee, HettiewifeWFJul186930M1566ARMOAR
McGehee, MaydaughterWFMay188713SARMOARAt School
McGehee, BertiesonWMJul188912SARMOARAt School
McGehee, LuladaughterWFNov18909SARMOARAt School
McGehee, EdwinsonWMMar18946SARMOARAt School
McGehee, HermansonWMApr18955SARMOAR
McGehee, CarlsonWMJul18972SARMOAR

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Gordon McGehee - Household

Anderson, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McGehee, Robert GheadMW42M124MOMOMOFarmerGeneral Farm
McGehee, HattiewifeFW40M12497ARTNMO
McGehee, Edwin EsonMW16SARMOARFarm LaborerHome Farm
McGehee, Herman EsonMW15SARMOARFarm LaborerHome Farm
McGehee, Carl EsonMW11SARMOAR
McGehee, AnniedaughterFW8SARMOAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Harriet “Hattie” Howell - Household

621 S. 2nd Esculapia, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McGehee, HattieheadFW50WdARTNTN
McGehee, AnnadaughterFW19SARMOAROperatorTelephone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Harriet “Hattie” Howell - Household

Cave Springs, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McGehee, HattieheadFW60WdARTNMO
Browning, AnnadaughterFW29M22ARMOAROperatorTelephone
Browning, Harriettgrand daughterFW6SARNMAR
Browning, Minnie Lgrand daughterFW4SARNMAR

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Harriette A “Hattie” Howell - Household

Cave Springs, Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McGeehee, HattiexheadO2000NoFW53WdNoAR00