The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Louise “Lucy” RutledgeAge: 46 years18811927

Name
Elizabeth Louise “Lucy” Rutledge
Given names
Elizabeth Louise
Surname
Rutledge
Married name
McLaughlin
Nickname
Lucy
Birth March 9, 1881
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 daughter
#1
Loma Mae McLaughlin
June 24, 1902 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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
#1
Zola Louise Cook
May 27, 1921 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Adell Norine Cook
March 2, 1922 (Age 40 years)
Death November 18, 1927 (Age 46 years)
Family with Rev. James Delano “Dell” McLaughlin - View this family
husband
Rev. James Delano “Dell” McLaughlin
Birth: February 10, 1879Blue Lick, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: May 11, 1952Slater, Saline, Missouri, United States
herself
daughter

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