The Shemwell Family

Flora Dell WhitlowAge: 79 years18801959

Name
Flora Dell Whitlow
Given names
Flora Dell
Surname
Whitlow
Married name
Flora Dell Potter
Birth July 6, 1880 24 18
Birth of a sisterNellie Whitlow
August 1882 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterAnna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow
April 21, 1885 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLouisa M Lee
October 28, 1886 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherDorsey John Whitlow
September 25, 1887 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Whitlow
May 1889 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterOrpha Whitlow
August 3, 1892 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Clay Whitlow
June 4, 1894 (Age 13 years)
Religious marriageJames Bruce PotterView this family
October 21, 1896 (Age 16 years)
Address: Ish Whitlow home
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ora Bell Potter
July 28, 1897 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Whitlow
August 19, 1898 (Age 18 years)
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
#2
Octa Potter
October 8, 1898 (Age 18 years)
Census June 10, 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sisterOrpha Whitlow
1901 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherSarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
1901 (Age 20 years)

Death of a sisterNellie Whitlow
1902 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherIshamel Higdon Whitlow
June 5, 1903 (Age 22 years)

Cause: Typhoid fever (Since May 22, 1903)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Nettie May Potter
August 5, 1903 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Morton Shemwell
July 29, 1904 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Vinita Francis Potter
June 14, 1906 (Age 25 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Marriage of a childLeslie Howe BurdOra Bell PotterView this family
Type: Religious marriage
August 5, 1914 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Marjorie Juanita Burd
August 3, 1915 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childWilliam Lewis StrickfadenOcta PotterView this family
Type: Religious marriage
February 12, 1918 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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 9, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childCharles McClellan “Charlie” ShemwellVinita Francis PotterView this family
February 1, 1922 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a grandson
#2
James William Mercer
January 4, 1923 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Glenva Belle Burd
March 6, 1923 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Theola Strickfaden
July 28, 1924 (Age 44 years)
Note: 1919?
Birth of a grandson
#5
Hubert Potter “Hoot” Shemwell
October 27, 1924 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Robert Leslie Burd
May 1, 1926 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Emma Lee Strickfaden
October 23, 1926 (Age 46 years)
Death of a sisterNettie Whitlow
February 16, 1927 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Jack Boyd Mercer
May 20, 1927 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 49 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 of a sisterAnna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow
July 1, 1946 (Age 65 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a brotherDorsey John Whitlow
April 11, 1955 (Age 74 years)
Cause: Heart attack - had surgery for acute appenticitis
Burial of a brotherDorsey John Whitlow
April 14, 1955 (Age 74 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death November 19, 1959 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 10, 1878Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
Flora Dell Whitlow
Birth: July 6, 1880 24 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 19, 1959Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
Nellie Whitlow
Birth: August 1882 26 20Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: 1902Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Dorsey John Whitlow
Birth: September 25, 1887 31 25Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 11, 1955Cassville Community Hospital, Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
20 months
younger sister
Nettie Whitlow
Birth: May 1889 32 27Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 16, 1927Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
younger sister
Orpha Whitlow
Birth: August 3, 1892 36 30Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: 1901Cooper, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
John Whitlow
Birth: August 19, 1898 42 36Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: June 30, 1983
Family with James Bruce Potter - View this family
husband
herself
Flora Dell Whitlow
Birth: July 6, 1880 24 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 19, 1959Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 21, 1896Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
9 months
daughter
Ora Bell Potter
Birth: July 28, 1897 23 17Missouri, United States
Death: September 10, 1962Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
14 months
daughter
Octa Potter
Birth: October 8, 1898 24 18Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1979Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
5 years
daughter
Nettie May Potter
Birth: August 5, 1903 29 23Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 3, 1997Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Vinita Francis Potter
Birth: June 14, 1906 31 25Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 26, 2006Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Potter, JamesheadWMJun187425M3MOMOMOFarming
Potter, FlorawifeWFAug188019M322MOKYMO
Potter, OradaughterWFJul18972SMOMOMO
Potter, OctiedaughterWFOct18981SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Potter, James BheadMW35M113MOMOMOManagerGeneral? Farm
Potter, Flora DwifeFW29M11344MOKYMO
Potter, Ora BdaughterFW12SMOMOMO
Potter, OctadaughterFW11SMOMOMO
Potter, Nettie MdaughterFW6SMOMOMO
Potter, VinitadaughterFW3SMOMOMO
Potter, JacobfatherMW69WdMOVAVAOwn Income

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Potter, JamesheadMW45MMOMOMONone
Potter, FlorawifeFW39MMOKYMO
Potter, JacobfatherMW79WdMOKYMO
Mercer, Nettie MaydaughterFW16MMOMOMO
Mercer, Walterson in lawMW21MMOMOMOLaborerOdd Jobs
Potter, VinitadaughterFW13SMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Potter, James headMW55M21MOMOMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Potter, Flora EwifeFW49M16MOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Potter, JamesXheadMW65MMOSame house
Potter, FlorawifeFW59MMOSame house