The Shemwell Family

Name
Harry Lesley Troutman
Given names
Harry Lesley
Surname
Troutman
Birth October 10, 1879 33 24
Census June 24, 1880 (Age 8 months)
Birth of a brotherFerdinand Bliss Troutman
December 6, 1886 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJoseph Troutman
January 24, 1892 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherPhoebe Clark
October 14, 1900 (Age 21 years)
MarriageBertha McDougleView this family
April 21, 1909 (Age 29 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Kirk
May 3, 1916 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha I Troutman
July 19, 1917 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 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 38 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 1, 1920 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherIsabell Julian
December 4, 1924 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherAlvin Delmar Troutman
December 5, 1924 (Age 45 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Campbell TroutmanSalena V “Lena” AbbottView this family
November 12, 1927 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Campbell Troutman
January 21, 1929 (Age 49 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 16, 1930 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childWarren Shank MarshallMartha I TroutmanView this family
about 1937 (Age 57 years)
Note: Marriage info based on birth of first child
Birth of a grandson
#1
David Hughes Marshall
January 7, 1938 (Age 58 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 60 years)
Death May 21, 1941 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Metea Baptist Cemetery
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