Josephine “Josie” HibbsAge: 85 years1853–1939
- Name
- Josephine “Josie” Hibbs
- Given names
- Josephine
- Surname
- Hibbs
- Married name
- Josephine Shemwell
- Nickname
- Josie
 Birth | November 18, 1853 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)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 7 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 13 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 13 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 15 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 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell — View this family calculated 1879 (Age 25 years) |
 Census | June 7, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Emma Elizabeth Shemwell October 6, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Dr. Allen Henry Shemwell February 13, 1884 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 |
| Census | June 18, 1900 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Norburn Ragon Farris — Emma Elizabeth Shemwell — View this family December 8, 1909 (Age 56 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Norburn Allen Farris February 23, 1912 (Age 58 years) Note: Headstone inscribed with birth year "1915" - Source: Find A Grave |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Dr. Joseph A “Joe” Farris October 16, 1914 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Dr. Frank Shemwell Farris October 6, 1916 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Dr. Allen Henry Shemwell — Lillie Pearl “Lil” Kelton — View this family December 5, 1918 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 64 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 grandson #4 | James Hibbs “Jim” Farris October 5, 1919 (Age 65 years) |
| Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell March 31, 1923 (Age 69 years) Cause: bronchial pneumonia |
| Burial of a husband | Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell April 2, 1923 (Age 69 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell December 22, 1924 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 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 8, 1930 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | July 14, 1939 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery |
| Family with Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell |
| husband |
Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell Birth: September 22, 1847 42 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 31, 1923 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Josephine “Josie” Hibbs Birth: November 18, 1853 — Birdsville, Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: July 14, 1939 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1879 — |
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21 months daughter |
Emma Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: October 6, 1880 33 26 — Birdsville, Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1948 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Dr. Allen Henry Shemwell Birth: February 13, 1884 36 30 — Birdsville, Livingston, Kentucky, United States Death: February 12, 1952 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell - Household
Dyers Hill, Livingston, KY
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell - Household
Dyer Hill, Livingston, KY
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell - Household
Livingston Ky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell - Household
1615 Broadway Ave Paducah, McCracken, Ky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Norburn Ragon Farris - Household
1615 Broadway Ave Paducah, McCracken, Ky
I think Norburn & Allen T are same person |