The Shemwell Family

Lewis Thompson HendrixAge: 79 years18411921

Name
Lewis Thompson Hendrix
Given names
Lewis Thompson
Surname
Hendrix
Birth December 1841
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 23 years)
MarriageMary Ann SissellView this family
November 9, 1867 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 25 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 25 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 27 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 27 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 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Emma Grace Hendrix
January 20, 1871 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Jessie Jane Hendrix
July 20, 1874 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 36 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 37 years)
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Nora Hendrix
about 1883 (Age 41 years)
Census March 1, 1885 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Rena Viola Hendrix
October 1885 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childLew Wallace NortonEmma Grace HendrixView this family
calculated 1887 (Age 45 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ethel Belle Norton
September 24, 1888 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Maud M Norton
November 1896 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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
Marriage of a childJohn GooldJessie Jane HendrixView this family
November 29, 1900 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge A HessRena Viola HendrixView this family
June 10, 1902 (Age 60 years)
Note: Name: Reva Viola Hendrix
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 74 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 75 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 76 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 May 6, 1921 (Age 79 years)
Cause of death: Auto Accident
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: San Antonio National Cemetery
Family with Mary Ann Sissell - View this family
himself
wife
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
Stephen McCabe + Mary Ann Sissell - View this family
wife’s husband
Stephen McCabe
Birth: 1843Iowa, United States
Death: February 17, 1918Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States
wife
Marriage: 1897

No family available

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