The Shemwell Family

Martha Palestine ShawAge: 72 years18701943

Name
Martha Palestine Shaw
Given names
Martha Palestine
Surname
Shaw
Married name
Martha Palestine Brickey
Birth July 1870 31 25
Census September 1, 1870 (Age 2 months)
Marriage of a parentRobert Frank ShawNancy J PruittView this family
1871 (Age 6 months)
Note: Both documents show that a Robert F Snow married Nancy J Pruitt in 1871. These documents are transcr…
Death of a brotherJeremiah J Shaw
January 14, 1871 (Age 6 months)
Death of a motherFrances Rachel Holliman
February 28, 1871 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a half-brotherSamuel Washington Shaw
July 23, 1873 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNancy A Shaw
about 1875 (Age 4 years)
Note: Birth info based on 1880 Census
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 9 years)
MarriageJames C BrickeyView this family
February 18, 1891 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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
Death of a half-sisterNancy A Shaw
before 1900 (Age 29 years)

Note: The 1900 Census states that Nancy J Pruitt had 6 children but only one (Samuel) was living in 1900. This suggests that Nancy A Shaw died before 1900. Further, her husband (William J Oglesby) was listed as a Widow in the 1900 Census for Nancy's brother, Samuel.
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 fatherRobert Frank Shaw
May 12, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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 half-brotherSamuel Washington Shaw
January 19, 1937 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterMary Elizabeth “Nancy” Shaw
October 8, 1942 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 1943 (Age 72 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1865Alabama, United States
20 months
elder brother
Jeremiah J Shaw
Birth: August 1866 27 21Alabama, United States
Death: January 14, 1871Newton, Arkansas, United States
20 months
elder sister
2 years
herself
Martha Palestine Shaw
Birth: July 1870 31 25Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Death: 1943Chandler, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States
Father’s family with Nancy J Pruitt - View this family
father
step-mother
Nancy J Pruitt
Birth: April 8, 1850 29 38Arkansas, United States
Death: August 21, 1929Boone, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: 1871Newton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
Family with James C Brickey - View this family
husband
herself
Martha Palestine Shaw
Birth: July 1870 31 25Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Death: 1943Chandler, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: February 18, 1891Ozark, Missouri, United States

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Robert F Shaw - Household

Benton, Cedar, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Shaw, Robert Fhead28MWFarm LaborerTN
Shaw, Rachelwife24FWAL
Shaw, Jeremiah Json3MWAL
Shaw, Mary Edaughter2FWAL
Shaw, Martha Pdaughter2mFWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Robert Frank Shaw - Household

Bear Creek. Boone. Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Shaw, Robert FWM41headMFarmer1TNGASC
Shaw, Nancy JWF30wifeMKeeps HouseNoARARAR
Shaw, Mary EWF12daughterMWorks in houseNoNoMOTNAL
Shaw, Martha PWF9daughterSWorks in houseNoNoMOTNAL
Shaw, Samuel WWM7sonSYesNoNoARTNAR
Shaw, Nancy AWF5daughterSNoNoARTNAR
Shaw, JaneWF71MotherWDWorks in house
Shaw, HannahWF33SisterSWorks in houseNoNo