The Shemwell Family

Mary Catherine “Molly” HuffAge: 65 years18601925

Name
Mary Catherine “Molly” Huff
Given names
Mary Catherine
Surname
Huff
Nickname
Molly
Married name
Mary Catherine Webb
Married name
Mary Catherine Collins
Birth January 31, 1860
MarriageFrank CollinsView this family
unknown

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 months)

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 6 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 6 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Civil marriageAlbert T WebbView this family
October 29, 1879 (Age 19 years)
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Waid Madison Webb
August 8, 1882 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Dorsey R Webb
October 5, 1885 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 sonDorsey R Webb
before 1900 (Age 39 years)

Death of a childInfant Webb
before 1900 (Age 39 years)

Census June 8, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Mary Helen Webb
November 15, 1914 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 20, 1920 (Age 59 years)
Death December 16, 1925 (Age 65 years)
Family with Albert T Webb - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 29, 1879Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Waid Madison Webb
Birth: August 8, 1882 26 22Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 15, 1955Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Dorsey R Webb
Birth: October 5, 1885 29 25Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: before 1900
child
Family with Frank Collins - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:

No family available

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Albert T Webb - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Webb, A TWM23headMfarmerMOVAKY
Webb, MaryWF20wifeMMOVAMO
Merton, BenWM15Sfarm laborerMOMOKY
Turley, Jane TWF52Wkeeping houseMOMOVA
Turley, Robert LWM15Sfarm laborerMOMOVA
Turley, Henry MWM10SMOMOVA
Turley, MamieWF5SMOMOMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Albert Webb - Household

Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Webb, AlbertheadWMMar185743M22MOVAKYgrocer
Webb, Marie CwifeWFJan186040M2231MOVAVA
Webb, Waid sonWMAug188217SMOMOMO