The Shemwell Family

Colanne WhipsAge: 79 years18431922

Name
Colanne Whips
Given names
Colanne
Surname
Whips
Married name
Colanne Bingham
Married name
Colanne Blakely
Birth 1843
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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 14 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageWilliam Price BinghamView this family
November 23, 1860 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Harvey Harry Bingham
1862 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
John Sylvester Bingham
1864 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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 24 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 24 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#3
Ove W Bingham
September 8, 1868 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 26 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 10, 1870 (Age 27 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Price Bingham
August 1872 (Age 29 years)
MarriageJames W BlakelyView this family
1874 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Neve Blakely
1875 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Minna Blakely
1877 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 35 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 22, 1880 (Age 37 years)
Death of a husbandJames W Blakely
May 18, 1883 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sonJohn Sylvester Bingham
January 8, 1888 (Age 45 years)
Marriage of a childOve W BinghamMary C “Kate” HarrisView this family
April 27, 1892 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Nadine Bingham
March 1893 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 57 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 73 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 74 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 75 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 6, 1920 (Age 77 years)
Death 1922 (Age 79 years)
Family with William Price Bingham - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 23, 1860Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
son
3 years
son
John Sylvester Bingham
Birth: 1864 28 21Missouri, United States
Death: January 8, 1888Missouri, United States
5 years
son
Ove W Bingham
Birth: September 8, 1868 32 25Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: September 20, 1931Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Family with James W Blakely - View this family
husband
James W Blakely
Birth: 1837Missouri, United States
Death: May 18, 1883Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: 1874Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
daughter
3 years
daughter

No family available

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William P Bingham - Household

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Bingham, Williamhead35MWfarmerMO
Bingham, Cora Annawife27FWIL
Bingham, Harvey Hson8MWMO
Bingham, Sylvesterson6MWMO
Bingham, Oveson2MWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James W Blakely - Household

Vernon, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Blakely, James WWM43headMdruggistMOVAVA
Blakely, ColanneWF38wifeMILKYKY
Blakely, NeveWF5daughterSMOMOIL
Blakely, MinnaWF3daughterSMOMOIL
Bingham, HarryWM18stepsonSMOMOIL
Bingham, SylvesterWM16stepsonSMOMOIL
Bingham, OveWM11stepsonSMOMOIL

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Colanne Whips - Household

Schell City, Vernon, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Blakely, Colannesister in lawWFApr184258M54ILKYKYseamstress

Living in household of John Boatright, brother in law

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Colanne Whips - Household

Schell City, Vernon, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Blakely, Colannesister in lawFW69M3644ILKYKYnone

Living in household of John Boatright, brother in law

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Colanne Whips - Household

Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Blakely, ColanneheadFW77WdILKYKYnone