The Shemwell Family

Nancy Isabelle “Bell” HollandAge: 93 years18591953

Name
Nancy Isabelle “Bell” Holland
Given names
Nancy Isabelle
Surname
Holland
Nickname
Bell
Married name
Nancy Isabelle Dudley
Birth December 24, 1859 33 20
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 July 18, 1860 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a sisterAddie Catherine “Ada” Holland
October 28, 1863 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 months)

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
Birth of a brotherLewis Thomas “Tom” Holland
August 17, 1866 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 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 7 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherRobert Holland
1869 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 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
Census July 8, 1870 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterSophia Ann Holland
July 29, 1875 (Age 15 years)
MarriageChristopher Columbus DudleyView this family
January 11, 1877 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterClara Dona “Donie” Holland
September 15, 1877 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ella Mae Dudley
December 19, 1877 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas Holland
January 26, 1879 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a sisterJoesphine Franklin “Josie” Holland
November 17, 1879 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Holland
before 1880 (Age 20 years)

Note: Does mot appear in the 1880 Census with family abt. 11 or 12, death assumed. -b
Census June 23, 1880 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lula Etta Dudley
November 1880 (Age 20 years)
Death of a daughterLula Etta Dudley
February 1, 1881 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a sisterEmma Elizabeth Holland
1884 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lena Amanda Dudley
March 3, 1885 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Wilmer H J Dudley
October 7, 1887 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 25, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childBenjamin Lewis ChastainLena Amanda DudleyView this family
October 24, 1906 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Herbert Dudley Chastain
August 13, 1907 (Age 47 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Ward Holland
July 30, 1909 (Age 49 years)
Census May 6, 1910 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Berlin HarrisElla Mae DudleyView this family
August 11, 1912 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Sherman Hershel Chastain
October 29, 1912 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherElizabeth Haseltine Parker
April 1, 1918 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 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 58 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 26, 1920 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam L Holland
February 7, 1920 (Age 60 years)
Cause: Abcess of brain
Death of a sisterAddie Catherine “Ada” Holland
March 1, 1922 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 69 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
Death of a husbandChristopher Columbus Dudley
December 28, 1929 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 90 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 86 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 March 10, 1953 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Centerton Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1857Missouri, United States
7 months
elder brother
2 years
herself
Nancy Isabelle “Bell” Holland
Birth: December 24, 1859 33 20Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 10, 1953Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Addie Catherine “Ada” Holland
Birth: October 28, 1863 37 24Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: March 1, 1922Garland, Benton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Robert Holland
Birth: 1869 42 29Arkansas, United States
Death: before 1880
7 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Family with Christopher Columbus Dudley - View this family
husband
herself
Nancy Isabelle “Bell” Holland
Birth: December 24, 1859 33 20Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 10, 1953Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: January 11, 1877Benton, Arkansas, United States
11 months
daughter
Ella Mae Dudley
Birth: December 19, 1877 26 17Center Hill, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 14, 1955Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
daughter
Lula Etta Dudley
Birth: November 1880 29 20Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 1, 1881Benton, Arkansas, United States
4 years
daughter
Lena Amanda Dudley
Birth: March 3, 1885 33 25Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 12, 1974Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
son
Wilmer H J Dudley
Birth: October 7, 1887 36 27Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: after 1953

Nancy Isabelle “Bell” Holland has 19 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Henry Ward Holland - Household

Tyler, Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Henry Hollandhead32MWFarmerKY
Elizabeth Hollandwife20FWTN
William L Hollandson2MWMO
Nancy J Hollanddaughter7mFWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Ward Holland - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Holland, Henry Whead42MWfarmerKY
Holland, Elizabethwife31FWTN
Holland, William Lson12MWMO
Holland, Isabelldaughter10FWMO
Holland, Queendaughter7FWMO
Holland, Thomasson4MWMO
Holland, Robertson1MWAR

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Christopher Columbus Dudley - Household

Osage, Benton, Arkansas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Dudley, ChristopherWM29headMFarmerMOTNTN
Dudley, BellWF20wifeMHouse KeeperMOKYTN
Dudley, EllaWF2daughterSARMOMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Christopher Columbus Dudley - Household

Garland, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Dudley, ChristopherheadWMApr185149M23MOTNTNFarmer
Dudley, Nancy EwifeWFDec185940M2343MOKYTN
Dudley, Ella MdaughterWFDec187722SARMOMO
Dudley, Lena AdaughterWFMar188515SARMOMO
Dudley, Wilmer H JsonWMOct188712SARMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Christopher Columbus Dudley - Household

Garland, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Dudley, Colomibus CheadMW58M133MOTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Dudley, Nancy IwifeFW50M13343MOKYTN
Dudley, Ella MdaughterFW32SARMOMODressmaker?Working Out

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Christopher Columbus Dudley - Household

Garland, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Dudley, CheadMW68MMOTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Dudley, Bell NwifeFW60MMOKYTN