The Shemwell Family

Laura Etta FarrellAge: 53 years18741927

Name
Laura Etta Farrell
Given names
Laura Etta
Surname
Farrell
Birth October 25, 1874 32 32
Birth of a brotherCharles Arlington Farrell
December 10, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 motherMahala Jane “Jennie” Lomax
August 2, 1902 (Age 27 years)
Marriage of a parentThomas Terry FarrellMary Virginia WilsonView this family
September 27, 1904 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Arlington Farrell
June 28, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 fatherThomas Terry Farrell
March 20, 1926 (Age 51 years)
Death December 5, 1927 (Age 53 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 6, 1872Knox, Illinois, United States
11 months
elder brother
Guy Judson Farrell
Birth: October 6, 1873 31 31Adams, Illinois, United States
Death: April 19, 1944West Plains, Howell, Missouri, United States
13 months
herself
Laura Etta Farrell
Birth: October 25, 1874 32 32Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States
Death: December 5, 1927Ottawa, Ottawa, Kansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Charles Arlington Farrell
Birth: December 10, 1876 34 34Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States
Death: June 28, 1910Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States
Father’s family with Mary Virginia Wilson - View this family
father
step-mother
Mary Virginia Wilson
Birth: July 16, 1867Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, United States
Death: September 7, 1959Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States
Marriage: September 27, 1904Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States
Mother’s family with Carlin Douglas DeWeese - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: November 19, 1860Knox, Illinois, United States
9 months
half-sister
Mary Capitola DeWeese
Birth: August 15, 1861 21 19Illinois, United States
Death: May 21, 1935Moorhead, Monona, Iowa, United States
18 months
half-brother
William E DeWeese
Birth: March 1, 1863 22 20Abingdon, Knox, Illinois, United States
Death:
19 months
half-sister
Ida Petronella DeWeese
Birth: October 14, 1864 24 22Napa, Napa, California, United States
Death: July 6, 1949McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States
14 months
half-sister
Minnie A DeWeese
Birth: December 18, 1865 25 23Napa, Napa, California, United States
Death: May 30, 1953McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States

Laura Etta Farrell has 21 first cousins recorded