The Shemwell Family

Alice CramerAge: 24 years18571881

Name
Alice Cramer
Given names
Alice
Surname
Cramer
Married name
Alice Crockett
Birth 1857 24 22
Birth of a brotherStandard Dewitt Cramer
June 15, 1859 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 27, 1860 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Parrish WellsCornelia WebbView this family
Type: Religious marriage
January 26, 1862 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAnna C Wells
1863 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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 10 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 10 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 12 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
Birth of a half-brotherSpotswood Milton Wells
January 1870 (Age 13 years)
Census July 18, 1870 (Age 13 years)
MarriageJohn P CrockettView this family
1873 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry John Wells
April 7, 1873 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Belle “Mollie” Crockett
1874 (Age 17 years)
Death of a sisterMadora Cramer
November 17, 1874 (Age 17 years)
Cause: Typhoid fever
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Milton Crockett
May 17, 1875 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Cornelia N Crockett
April 24, 1878 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#4
Stella J Crockett
February 3, 1880 (Age 23 years)
Census June 18, 1880 (Age 23 years)
Death March 17, 1881 (Age 24 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 28, 1853Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Madora Cramer
Birth: 1855 22 20Missouri, United States
Death: November 17, 1874Brownsville, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
2 years
younger brother
Mother’s family with John Parrish Wells - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: January 26, 1862Cooper, Missouri, United States
23 months
half-sister
7 years
half-brother
Spotswood Milton Wells
Birth: January 1870 33 35Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
half-brother
Family with John P Crockett - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1873Missouri, United States
2 years
daughter
Mary Belle “Mollie” Crockett
Birth: 1874 22 17Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1955Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
16 months
son
3 years
daughter
Cornelia N Crockett
Birth: April 24, 1878 26 21Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 11, 1963Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States
21 months
daughter
Stella J Crockett
Birth: February 3, 1880 28 23Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 25, 1881Cooper, Missouri, United States
John P Crockett + Ruth Jackson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Ruth Jackson
Birth: October 29, 1855Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 22, 1931Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 1, 1882Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-son
4 years
step-daughter
Mabel Crockett
Birth: June 1889 37 33Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - J M Cramer - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J M Cramerhead27MWfarmerMO
Cornelia Cramerwife22FWVA
Madora Cramerdaughter5FWMO
Alice Cramerdaughter3FWMO
Stanard Cramerson1MWMO
Margaret Platt27FWVA
Lucy Platt11FWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Parrish Wells - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Wells, John Phead38MWfarmerKY
Wells, Corneliawife32FWVA
Wells, Annadaughter7FWMO
Wells, Spotswoodson5 monthsMWMO
Cramer, Madorastep daughter15FWMO
Cramer, Alicestep daughter13FWMO
Cramer, Standardstep son11MWworks on farmMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John P Crockett - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Crockett, John PWM28headMfarmerMOMOKY
Crockett, AliceWF22wifeMMOMOKY
Crockett, Mollie BWF6daughterSMOMOMO
Crockett, Robert MWM5sonSMOMOMO
Crockett, Cornelia NWF2daughterSMOMOMO
Crockett, Stella JWF4 monthsFebdaughterSMOMOMO