The Shemwell Family

Nettie WhitlowAge: 37 years18891927

Name
Nettie Whitlow
Given names
Nettie
Surname
Whitlow
Married name
Nettie Metcalf
Birth May 1889 32 27
Birth of a sisterOrpha Whitlow
August 3, 1892 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Clay Whitlow
June 4, 1894 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Whitlow
August 19, 1898 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 1, 1900 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterOrpha Whitlow
1901 (Age 11 years)
Death of a motherSarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
1901 (Age 11 years)

Death of a sisterNellie Whitlow
1902 (Age 12 years)
Death of a fatherIshamel Higdon Whitlow
June 5, 1903 (Age 14 years)

Cause: Typhoid fever (Since May 22, 1903)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Morton Shemwell
July 29, 1904 (Age 15 years)
Civil marriageArthur MetcalfView this family
September 18, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 10, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Death February 16, 1927 (Age 37 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 10, 1878Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Flora Dell Whitlow
Birth: July 6, 1880 24 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 19, 1959Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Nellie Whitlow
Birth: August 1882 26 20Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: 1902Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder 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
herself
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 Arthur Metcalf - View this family
husband
Arthur Metcalf
Birth: June 28, 1884Missouri, United States
Death: May 14, 1951Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Nettie Whitlow
Birth: May 1889 32 27Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 16, 1927Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: September 18, 1909Crawford, Kansas, United States
Arthur Metcalf + Private - View this family
husband
Arthur Metcalf
Birth: June 28, 1884Missouri, United States
Death: May 14, 1951Los Angeles, California, United States
husband’s wife
Private

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Ishamel Higdon Whitlow - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, MO

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Whitlow, I HheadWMJun185643M22KYKYVAFarming
Shemwell, Gfather in lawWMAug182475W54KYNCVAFarming
Whitlow, S MwifeWFMay186238M2277MOKYKY
Whitlow, NelliedaughterWFAug188217SMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, AnniedaughterWFApr188515SMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, DorseysonWMSep188712MMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, NettiedaughterWFMay189010MMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, OrphadaughterWFAug18927SMOKYMOAt School
Whitlow, HenrysonWMJun18954MKYMO
Whitlow, JohnsonWMAug18981SMOKYMO

Next door to Ida Sallie's neice

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Metcalf - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Metcalf, ArthurheadMW25M0EnglandEnglandEnglandmachinistrailroad
Metcalf, NettiewifeFW20M0MOKYMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Metcalf - Household

Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Metcalf, ArthurheadMW36MMOMOMOmachinistrailway
Metcalf, NettiewifeFW29MMOMOMO