The Shemwell Family

Lucy Evelyn StagnerAge: 65 years18781944

Name
Lucy Evelyn Stagner
Given names
Lucy Evelyn
Surname
Stagner
Married name
Lucy Evelyn Bumpus
Married name
Lucy Evelyn Ellis
Birth December 12, 1878 34 28
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

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 sisterGenevieve Lee “Jennie” Stagner
December 9, 1880 (Age 23 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHenry Stagner
about 1880 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a sisterFlorence Lillie Stagner
November 23, 1882 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJessie C Stagner
December 17, 1884 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Madison “Joe” Stagner
May 27, 1887 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterGracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner
November 27, 1889 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherIsaac Brandon “Ike” Stagner
December 4, 1891 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageSamuel J BumpusView this family
July 28, 1903 (Age 24 years)
Death of a husbandSamuel J Bumpus
January 2, 1904 (Age 25 years)

Death of a brotherJessie C Stagner
November 9, 1905 (Age 26 years)
MarriageIra Louis EllisView this family
April 12, 1906 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Reva E Ellis
February 7, 1907 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Geneva Ianthia Ellis
May 8, 1911 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Verna Aline Ellis
May 14, 1916 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 motherZerutus Doretta Morris
June 13, 1917 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Ira Louis Ellis Jr.
October 18, 1918 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 38 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 39 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 sisterGenevieve Lee “Jennie” Stagner
January 5, 1919 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#5
William H Ellis
November 2, 1921 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childEarl Harvey KillebrewReva E EllisView this family
May 11, 1924 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sisterGracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner
September 2, 1926 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childEdgar Lafayette HinsonGeneva Ianthia EllisView this family
January 22, 1928 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 sisterMary Addie Stagner
October 16, 1931 (Age 52 years)
Burial of a sisterMary Addie Stagner
October 17, 1931 (Age 52 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Cemetery
Death of a fatherJames Knox Polk Stagner
July 7, 1935 (Age 56 years)
Death of a sisterManiza Jane Stagner
May 24, 1941 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Agnes Stagner
July 23, 1941 (Age 62 years)
Burial of a sisterAnnie Agnes Stagner
July 24, 1941 (Age 62 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miles Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 July 6, 1944 (Age 65 years)
Burial July 8, 1944 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 21, 1867Stewart, Tennessee, United States
10 months
elder sister
Mary Addie Stagner
Birth: September 14, 1868 24 18Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 16, 1931Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Annie Agnes Stagner
Birth: January 24, 1871 26 20Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 23, 1941Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
3 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
23 months
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Jessie C Stagner
Birth: December 17, 1884 40 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 9, 1905Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Joseph Madison “Joe” Stagner
Birth: May 27, 1887 43 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 1945Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Isaac Brandon “Ike” Stagner
Birth: December 4, 1891 47 41Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 1974Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Family with Samuel J Bumpus - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 28, 1903Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Ira Louis Ellis - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: April 12, 1906Stewart, Tennessee, United States
10 months
daughter
Reva E Ellis
Birth: February 7, 1907 37 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 9, 1996Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Geneva Ianthia Ellis
Birth: May 8, 1911 42 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 12, 1982Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
5 years
daughter
Verna Aline Ellis
Birth: May 14, 1916 47 37Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 8, 1996Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
son
3 years
son
William H Ellis
Birth: November 2, 1921 52 42Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 19, 1963Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Ira Louis Ellis + Cassandra Ruth “Sandy” Carr - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: November 1, 1892Stewart, Tennessee, United States
13 months
step-daughter
Vera Clair Ellis
Birth: November 25, 1893 24 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 24, 1955Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, United States
20 months
step-daughter
Edna May Ellis
Birth: July 23, 1895 26 21Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1922Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
23 months
step-son
Thomas Marshall Ellis
Birth: June 9, 1897 28 23Tennessee, United States
Death: April 10, 1962Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States

Lucy Evelyn Stagner has 5 first cousins recorded