The Shemwell Family

Rhoda E PultzAge: 56 years18791936

Name
Rhoda E Pultz
Given names
Rhoda E
Surname
Pultz
Married name
Rhoda E Shelton
Birth August 31, 1879 40
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
MarriageJasper Thomas SheltonView this family
July 30, 1902 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Claudine O Shelton
July 12, 1905 (Age 25 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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/
Census January 16, 1920 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childCarl D RobbClaudine O SheltonView this family
May 31, 1928 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 11, 1930 (Age 50 years)
Death April 25, 1936 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sarcoxie Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Rhoda E Pultz
Birth: August 31, 1879 40Lansing, Clinton, Michigan, United States
Death: April 25, 1936Jasper, Missouri, United States
Family with Jasper Thomas Shelton - View this family
husband
Jasper Thomas Shelton
Birth: May 9, 1881 42 34Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 19, 1955Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
herself
Rhoda E Pultz
Birth: August 31, 1879 40Lansing, Clinton, Michigan, United States
Death: April 25, 1936Jasper, Missouri, United States
Marriage: July 30, 1902Newton, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Claudine O Shelton
Birth: July 12, 1905 24 25Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 17, 1956Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Thomas Shelton - Household

9th. Street Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shelton, JasperheadMW27M7MOILKYLaborerNursery
Shelton, RhodawifeFW30M721MIOHMI
Shelton, ClaudinedaughterFW4SMOMOMI

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Thomas Shelton - Household

Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shelton, Jasper TheadMW38MMOILKYLaborerNursery
Shelton, Rhoda EwifeFW40MMIOHMI
Shelton, Claudine OdaughterFW14SMOMOMI
Pultz, William Ffather in lawMW81WdOHVAVA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Thomas Shelton - Household

Joplin Street Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shelton, Jasper TheadMW48M21MOKYKYPackerNursery
Shelton, Rhoda EwifeFW50M22MIOHMI