The Shemwell Family

Amanda KearnsAge: 73 years18531926

Name
Amanda Kearns
Given names
Amanda
Surname
Kearns
Married name
Amanda Cole
Birth 1853
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
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 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
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
Religious marriageBennett C ColeView this family
August 14, 1873 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lillie Cole
1874 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lou Etta Cole
1876 (Age 23 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 son
#3
John Cole
December 1879 (Age 26 years)
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Liza J Cole
February 1882 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Flossie R Cole
May 1888 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Bennett Columbus Cole Jr
March 1891 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 2, 1900 (Age 47 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 57 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
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/
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 67 years)
Death of a husbandBennett C Cole
June 26, 1923 (Age 70 years)
Death April 11, 1926 (Age 73 years)
Family with Bennett C Cole - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 14, 1873Davidson, North Carolina, United States
17 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
4 years
son
John Cole
Birth: December 1879 33 26North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Liza J Cole
Birth: February 1882 35 29North Carolina, United States
Death:
6 years
daughter
Flossie R Cole
Birth: May 1888 41 35North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
son

No family available

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Bennett C Cole - Household

Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina,

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Cole, Bennett CWM32headMfarmingNCNCNC
Cole, MandaWF27wifeMNCNCNC
Cole, LillieWF6daughterSNCNCNC
Cole, LouWF4daughterSNCNCNC
Cole, JohnWM6 monthsDecsonSNCNCNC

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Bennett C Cole - Household

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cole, Bennett CheadWMSep184653M26NCNCNCfarmer
Cole, Mandy MwifeWFFeb184951M2686NCNCNC
Cole, Lou EdaughterWFDec187723SNCNCNCfarm laborer
Cole, John WsonWMOct187920SNCNCNCfarm laborer
Cole, Liza JdaughterWFFeb188218SNCNCNCfarm laborer
Cole, Flossie RdaughterWFMay188812SNCNCNCfarm laborer
Cole, Bennett CsonWMMar18919SNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Bennett C Cole - Household

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cole, B CheadMW63MNCNCNCfarmer
Cole, Amanda MwifeFW61M86NCNCNC
Cole, Etta LdaughterFW33SNCNCNCteacherpublic school
Cole, Eliza JdaughterFW27SNCNCNCteacherpublic school
Cole, Flossie RdaughterFW22SNCNCNC
Cole, Columbus BsonMW19SNCNCNClaborer

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bennett C Cole - Household

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cole, B CheadMW73MNCNCNC
Cole, AmandawifeFW71MNCNCNC