The Shemwell Family

Mary Ann SissellAge: 90 years18521942

Name
Mary Ann Sissell
Given names
Mary Ann
Surname
Sissell
Married name
Mary Ann Hendrix
Married name
Mary Ann McCabe
Birth February 1852 31 24
Birth of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Sissell
September 1854 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMarinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell
1856 (Age 3 years)
Census 1856 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterLou Ida Sissell
September 9, 1859 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 15, 1860 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Zachariah Sissell
September 7, 1862 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge A Sissell
March 12, 1865 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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
Birth of a son
#1
William A Hendrix
about 1865 (Age 12 years)
Death of a fatherHamlin Findley Sissell
October 24, 1865 (Age 13 years)
MarriageLewis Thompson HendrixView this family
November 9, 1867 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 14 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 14 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#2
Charles Hendrix
about 1869 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 16 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 16, 1870 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Emma Grace Hendrix
January 20, 1871 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Jessie Jane Hendrix
July 20, 1874 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 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
#5
Addia Hendrix
about 1879 (Age 26 years)
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Nora Hendrix
about 1883 (Age 30 years)
Census March 1, 1885 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Rena Viola Hendrix
October 1885 (Age 33 years)
Marriage of a childLew Wallace NortonEmma Grace HendrixView this family
calculated 1887 (Age 34 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ethel Belle Norton
September 24, 1888 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Maud M Norton
November 1896 (Age 44 years)
MarriageStephen McCabeView this family
1897 (Age 44 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 4, 1900 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childJohn GooldJessie Jane HendrixView this family
November 29, 1900 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge A HessRena Viola HendrixView this family
June 10, 1902 (Age 50 years)
Note: Name: Reva Viola Hendrix
Death of a sisterMildred Sissell
August 6, 1912 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 63 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 husbandStephen McCabe
February 17, 1918 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 64 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 65 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/
Death of a husbandLewis Thompson Hendrix
May 6, 1921 (Age 69 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Death of a motherEleanor “Ellen” Clauson
November 22, 1921 (Age 69 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Garrett Sissell
August 3, 1925 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 77 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 sisterMartha Elizabeth Sissell
May 7, 1940 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 89 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 December 1942 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hubbell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1842Tennessee, United States
5 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Mildred Sissell
Birth: September 19, 1849 29 21Tennessee, United States
Death: August 6, 1912Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States
2 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Family with Lewis Thompson Hendrix - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 9, 1867Marion, Iowa, United States
-22 months
son
5 years
son
2 years
daughter
Emma Grace Hendrix
Birth: January 20, 1871 29 18Iowa, United States
Death: October 8, 1949Orange, Florida, United States
4 years
daughter
5 years
daughter
5 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
Family with Stephen McCabe - View this family
husband
Stephen McCabe
Birth: 1843Iowa, United States
Death: February 17, 1918Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States
herself
Marriage: 1897

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Hamlin Sissell - Household

Marysville, Marion, Iowa

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Hamlin Sissellhead39MWMillerKY
Eleanor Sissellwife29FWIL
Joseph G Sissellson13MWTN
Mildred S Sisselldaughter11FWTN
Mary A Sisselldaughter8FWIA
Martha E Sisselldaughter6FWIA
Marinda J Sisselldaughter4FWIA
Lou I Sisselldaughter1FWIA

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household

Liberty, Marion, Iowa

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hendrix, Lewis Thead28MWDay LaborerIN
Hendrix, Mary Awife18FWKeeping HouseIA
Hendrix, William Ason5MWCoal DiggerIA
Hendrix, Charlesson1MWIA

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household

Greenfield, Rooks, Kansas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hendrick, LewisWM37headMStone MasonINININ
Hendrick, Mary AWF29wifeMKeeping HouseIATNTN
Hendrick, WilliamWM14sonSIAINIA
Hendrick, CharleyWM11sonSIAINIA
Hendrick, EmmaWF10daughterSIAINIA
Hendrick, JessieWF5daughterSIAINIA
Hendrick, AdiaWF11mAugdaughterSKSINIA
Sissell, EllenWF50mother in lawWdBoardingTNTNTN

CensusKansas, U.S., State Census - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household

Cuba, Republic, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Hendricks, LewisheadMW43MINPlastrere
Hendricks, Mary AwifeFW35MIAWife
Hendricks, William AsonMW20SIAStone Mason
Hendricks, CharlessonMW16SIA
Hendricks, EmmadaughterFW14SIA
Hendricks, JessiedaughterFW10SIA
Hendricks, AdadaughterFW6SKS
Hendricks, NoradaughterFW2SKS

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Stephen McCabe - Household

Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
McCabe, StephenheadWMJan185050M3IAIrelandIrelandSaloon Keeper
McCabe, Mary AwifeWFFeb185347M3IATNTN
Henricksen, Jessie JdaughterWFJul187623MIAINIA
Hendrix, Rena VdaughterWFOct188514SKSINIAAt School

Birth dates & ages wrong?? -b