The Shemwell Family

Sarah Elizabeth LamkinAge: 77 years18571934

Name
Sarah Elizabeth Lamkin
Given names
Sarah Elizabeth
Surname
Lamkin
Married name
Sarah Elizabeth Hodge
Birth February 1, 1857
MarriageAaron Francis HodgeView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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 9 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 9 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 11 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 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 daughter
#1
Mary Lulu Hodge
February 28, 1879 (Age 22 years)
Marriage of a childJames Albert “Jimmie” EppsMary Lulu HodgeView this family
February 22, 1896 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Grace Ethel Epps
August 8, 1897 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Ruby Belle Epps
July 21, 1899 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Rachel Prue Epps
July 14, 1901 (Age 44 years)
Death of a granddaughterRachel Prue Epps
December 30, 1901 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Raymond Almus Epps
December 8, 1903 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Lela Leota Epps
February 27, 1905 (Age 48 years)
Death of a grandsonRaymond Almus Epps
July 16, 1905 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Arnold Wallace Epps
August 18, 1908 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Ernest Edward Epps
December 24, 1912 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 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
#8
Ralph Sanford Epps
June 26, 1917 (Age 60 years)
Death of a husbandAaron Francis Hodge
August 11, 1918 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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 72 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 21, 1930 (Age 73 years)
Death August 21, 1934 (Age 77 years)
Family with Aaron Francis Hodge - View this family
husband
Aaron Francis Hodge
Birth: August 24, 1846Kentucky, United States
Death: August 11, 1918Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
herself
Sarah Elizabeth Lamkin
Birth: February 1, 1857Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 21, 1934Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage:
daughter

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Albert “Jimmie” Epps - Household

Country Road Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Epps, James AheadMW55M21MOMOMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Epps, Mary LwifeFW52M17MOKYKY
Epps, Ralph SsonMW12SMOMOMO
Hodge, Sarah EFW73WdKYKYKY