The Shemwell Family

Margaret Mariah LoftinAge: 70 years18491919

Name
Margaret Mariah Loftin
Given names
Margaret Mariah
Surname
Loftin
Married name
Margaret Mariah Nooe
Birth June 17, 1849
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 11 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 17 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 17 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 19 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
MarriageWilliam Harris NooeView this family
1876 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Ellen Nooe
September 8, 1878 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 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
#2
Robert Lee Nooe
August 1879 (Age 30 years)
Census June 17, 1880 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Martha Nooe
November 13, 1881 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 childLindsay Monroe RussellMartha NooeView this family
February 11, 1900 (Age 50 years)
Census June 20, 1900 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Hugh Way Russell
March 31, 1901 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Alsie DavisMary Ellen NooeView this family
Type: Religious marriage
May 8, 1902 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Carlie Harris Davis
April 1, 1903 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Arthur Guy Russell
May 17, 1903 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Theodore Lee Davis
December 14, 1904 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Mary E Russell
April 1909 (Age 59 years)
Death of a granddaughterMary E Russell
July 25, 1909 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 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 husbandWilliam Harris Nooe
December 24, 1917 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 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 68 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 August 1, 1919 (Age 70 years)
Cause of death: Breast Cancer
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: First Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with William Harris Nooe - View this family
husband
William Harris Nooe
Birth: October 18, 1855 20 26Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 24, 1917Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
herself
Margaret Mariah Loftin
Birth: June 17, 1849Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 1, 1919Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: 1876North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
Mary Ellen Nooe
Birth: September 8, 1878 22 29North Carolina, United States
Death: May 10, 1929Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
1 year
son
Robert Lee Nooe
Birth: August 1879 23 30North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Martha Nooe
Birth: November 13, 1881 26 32Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 9, 1931Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Harris Nooe - Household

Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Nooe, HarrisWM24headMfarmerNCNCNC
Nooe, MariahWF30wifeMNCNCNC
Nooe, Mary EWF1daughterSNCNCNC
Nooe, Robert LeeWM9 monthsAugsonSNCNCNC

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Harris Nooe - Household

Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Nooe, William HheadWMOct185544M24NCNCNCfarmer
Nooe, MargaretwifeWFJun184950M2432NCNCNC
Nooe, Mary EdaughterWFSep187821SNCNCNC