The Shemwell Family

Martha Early “Mattie” PuckettAge: 31 years18861918

Name
Martha Early “Mattie” Puckett
Given names
Martha Early
Surname
Puckett
Nickname
Mattie
Married name
Martha Early Baker
Birth October 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
MarriageEmmitt Dial “Dee” BakerView this family
November 14, 1909 (Age 23 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 11, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Family with Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker - View this family
husband
Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker
Birth: August 12, 1886 40 31Dial, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: March 7, 1967Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
herself
Martha Early “Mattie” Puckett
Birth: October 1886Hickman, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 11, 1918Grayson, Denison, Texas, United States
Marriage: November 14, 1909Grayson, Texas, United States
Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker + Cora Pearl Newcomb - View this family
husband
Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker
Birth: August 12, 1886 40 31Dial, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: March 7, 1967Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
husband’s wife
Cora Pearl Newcomb
Birth: March 16, 1882Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 10, 1955Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Marriage: March 28, 1920Grayson, Texas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Emmitt Dial “Dee” Baker - Household

Gandy Street Dennison, Grayson, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baker, Emmitt DheadMW23M10TXTNTXSalesmanGrocery
Baker, Mattie EwifeFW23M1000TNTNTN