The Shemwell Family

Clara Bertha HillAge: 74 years18681942

Name
Clara Bertha Hill
Given names
Clara Bertha
Surname
Hill
Birth April 12, 1868 32 24
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 months)

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 fatherDavid W Hill
August 26, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherDavid W Hill Jr
February 25, 1871 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn A EppsParthenia E MooreView this family
Type: Civil marriage
January 10, 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
Birth of a half-sisterMargaret Caroline “Maggie” Epps
October 14, 1879 (Age 11 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherThomas Daniel Epps
March 10, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMartha Belle “Mattie” Epps
March 2, 1884 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLulu May Epps
April 14, 1886 (Age 18 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
Death of a half-sisterMary Jane Thomas
July 28, 1903 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherParthenia E Moore
March 2, 1907 (Age 38 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
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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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 half-sisterLulu May Epps
June 1, 1930 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 2, 1942 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cochran Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
David W Hill
Birth: 1836Washington, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 26, 1870Butler, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: April 15, 1866Butler, Missouri, United States
2 years
herself
Clara Bertha Hill
Birth: April 12, 1868 32 24Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: September 2, 1942Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
David W Hill Jr
Birth: February 25, 1871 35 26Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1959Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with John A Epps - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: January 10, 1876Butler, Missouri, United States
4 years
half-sister
Margaret Caroline “Maggie” Epps
Birth: October 14, 1879 43 35Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 15, 1967Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
2 years
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
Martha Belle “Mattie” Epps
Birth: March 2, 1884 48 39Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1977Butler, Missouri, United States
2 years
half-sister
Lulu May Epps
Birth: April 14, 1886 50 42Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: June 1, 1930Appalachia, Wise, Virginia, United States
Mother’s family with James C Thomas - View this family
step-father
James C Thomas
Birth: April 1823North Carolina, United States
Death: August 9, 1873Clinton, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: November 29, 1860Butler, Missouri, United States
1 year
half-sister
Mary Jane Thomas
Birth: November 29, 1861 38 17Missouri, United States
Death: July 28, 1903Missouri, United States

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John A Epps - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Epps, JohnWM44headWdFarmerMOTNKY
Epps, PartheniaWF37wifeWdKeeping HouseMOTNMO
Hill, ClaraWF12daughterSMOARMO
Hill, DavidWM9sonSMOARMO
Epps, EmmaWF8daughterMMOMOMO
Epps, MaggieWF7mSeptdaughterSMOMOMO
Stephens, NancyWF54Boarder(Aunt)DHair DresserMO

Son James is living with Aunt Martha