The Shemwell Family

John S McCaffreyAge: 71 years18711943

Name
John S McCaffrey
Given names
John S
Surname
McCaffrey
Birth December 26, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 57 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
Civil marriageStella E JacksonView this family
February 17, 1940 (Age 68 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death November 13, 1943 (Age 71 years)
Family with Stella E Jackson - View this family
himself
John S McCaffrey
Birth: December 26, 1871Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States
Death: November 13, 1943St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: February 17, 1940Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Schuyler Hodge + Stella E Jackson - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: 1907
20 months
step-son
Jackson Colfax Hodge
Birth: September 13, 1908 37 20Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: January 1, 1941Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John S McCaffrey - Household

Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McCaffrey, John SheadMW68MILpolice officerCity of St. Louis
McCaffrey, Stella wifeFW50MKS
Hodge, JohnstepsonMW32SMOadvertising managerbrewery