The Shemwell Family

Grace E WorthyAge: 36 years18861922

Name
Grace E Worthy
Given names
Grace E
Surname
Worthy
Married name
Grace E Shelton
Birth 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
MarriageNorman Wesley SheltonView this family
May 27, 1908 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Norville W Shelton
January 8, 1909 (Age 23 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 34 years)
Death about 1922 (Age 36 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sarcoxie Cemetery
Family with Norman Wesley Shelton - View this family
husband
Norman Wesley Shelton
Birth: November 7, 1883 44 36Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 14, 1954Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: May 27, 1908Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
7 months
son
Norville W Shelton
Birth: January 8, 1909 25 23Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 1983Fort Lupton, Weld, Colorado, United States
Norman Wesley Shelton + Cecelia - View this family
husband
Norman Wesley Shelton
Birth: November 7, 1883 44 36Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 14, 1954Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage:

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Norman Wesley Shelton - Household

Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shelton, NormanheadMW26M12MOILILLaborerNursery
Shelton, GracewifeFW22M1211MOMOMO
Shelton, NorvillesonMW1-4mSMOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Norman Wesley Shelton - Household

Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shelton, Norman WheadMW35MMOILKYLaborerGeneral Farm
Shelton, Grace EwifeFW33MMOMOMO
Shelton, Norville WsonMW11SMOMOMO