The Shemwell Family

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Marriage

Lee Thomas Sites — View this family
unknown

Historical Event

Influenza Epidemic

between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884

Census

August 24, 1860 (Age 2 years)

Shared note: 1860 United States - Census transcript - Nicholas W Smith - Household

Birth of a brother

DeWitt Smith
1861 (Age 3 years)

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Death of a maternal grandfather

James Joseph Higgerson
December 25, 1861 (Age 4 years)

Cause: Murdered

Note: Joseph Higgerson was a storekeeper at Turley Bridge on the Lamine River. On Christmas moring of 1861…

Birth of a brother

Jefferson Smith
1863 (Age 5 years)

Historical Event

American Civil War

between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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

Birth of a brother

Fountain Durrett Smith
July 1, 1867 (Age 9 years)

New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Historical Event

The Alaska Purchase

1867 (Age 9 years)

Alaska, USA

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 9 years)

Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306

Death of a maternal grandmother

Nancy I Zachary
1868 (Age 10 years)

Historical Event

Transcontinental Railroad completed

1869 (Age 11 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 21, 1870 (Age 12 years)

Shared note: 1870 United States - Census transcript - Nicholas W Smith - Household

Birth of a sister

Ada “Adie” Smith
1872 (Age 14 years)

Death of a brother

Travis Smith
February 8, 1878 (Age 20 years)

Missouri, United States

Religious marriage

Ewing Madison Webb — View this family
October 10, 1878 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

1878 (Age 20 years)

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 son
#1

Lester S Webb
July 5, 1879 (Age 21 years)

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Census

June 4, 1880 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#2

Harry Madison Webb
November 22, 1880 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3

Bessie R Webb
August 3, 1886 (Age 28 years)

Death of a father

Nicholas W Smith
January 13, 1893 (Age 35 years)

Death of a husband

Ewing Madison Webb
January 13, 1895 (Age 37 years)

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 years)

Cuba

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 son

Lester S Webb
November 29, 1898 (Age 41 years)

Census

June 2, 1900 (Age 42 years)

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - Laura Madora Smith - Household

Marriage of a child

Harry Madison Webb — Maggie F Jenings — View this family

Type: Religious marriage

November 15, 1904 (Age 47 years)

Death of a daughter

Bessie R Webb
July 4, 1907 (Age 49 years)

Death of a mother

Lucy Frances Higgerson
1907 (Age 49 years)

Marriage

William P Farris — View this family
December 24, 1908 (Age 51 years)

Census

April 28, 1910 (Age 52 years)

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Laura Madora Smith - Household

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 62 years)

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - Lee Thomas Sites - Household

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 71 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

Census

April 10, 1930 (Age 72 years)

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lee Thomas Sites - Household

Death of a husband

Lee Thomas Sites
February 21, 1931 (Age 73 years)

Death of a son

Harry Madison Webb
April 21, 1934 (Age 76 years)

Death

March 24, 1936 (Age 78 years)

Date differences

Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lucy Frances Higgerson Travis Smith Laura Madora Smith DeWitt Smith Jefferson Smith Fountain Durrett Smith Ada “Adie” Smith Nicholas W Smith Birth: March 19, 1827 — Missouri, United States Death: January 13, 1893 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nicholas W Smith Travis Smith Laura Madora Smith DeWitt Smith Jefferson Smith Fountain Durrett Smith Ada “Adie” Smith Lucy Frances Higgerson Birth: February 1832 39 37 — Virginia, United States Death: 1907
	Marriage: July 15, 1852 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
4 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Travis Smith Birth: 1855 27 22 — Missouri, United States Death: February 8, 1878 — Missouri, United States
3 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ewing Madison Webb Lester S Webb Harry Madison Webb Bessie R Webb Family with spouse William P Farris Family with spouse Lee Thomas Sites Laura Madora Smith Birth: October 26, 1857 30 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 24, 1936 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree DeWitt Smith Birth: 1861 33 28 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death:
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Jefferson Smith Birth: 1863 35 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death:
5 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Fountain Durrett Smith Birth: July 1, 1867 40 35 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death:
6 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Perl Melvin Davidson Ada “Adie” Smith Birth: 1872 44 39 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death:

Family with Ewing Madison Webb - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Laura Madora Smith Lester S Webb Harry Madison Webb Bessie R Webb Family with spouse Sarah C “Kate” McMahan Emory Lee Webb Walter Woodson Webb Ewing Madison Webb Birth: March 27, 1850 42 34 — Missouri, United States Death: January 13, 1895 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ewing Madison Webb Lester S Webb Harry Madison Webb Bessie R Webb Family with spouse William P Farris Family with spouse Lee Thomas Sites Laura Madora Smith Birth: October 26, 1857 30 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 24, 1936 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: October 10, 1878 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
9 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lester S Webb Birth: July 5, 1879 29 21 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 29, 1898 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
17 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Maggie F Jenings Harry Madison Webb Birth: November 22, 1880 30 23 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 21, 1934 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
6 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Bessie R Webb Birth: August 3, 1886 36 28 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 4, 1907 — Cooper, Missouri, United States

Family with William P Farris - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Laura Madora Smith William P Farris Birth: 1843 — Missouri, United States Death:
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ewing Madison Webb Lester S Webb Harry Madison Webb Bessie R Webb Family with spouse William P Farris Family with spouse Lee Thomas Sites Laura Madora Smith Birth: October 26, 1857 30 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 24, 1936 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: December 24, 1908 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Family with Lee Thomas Sites - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Laura Madora Smith Lee Thomas Sites Birth: October 13, 1856 — Missouri, United States Death: February 21, 1931 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ewing Madison Webb Lester S Webb Harry Madison Webb Bessie R Webb Family with spouse William P Farris Family with spouse Lee Thomas Sites Laura Madora Smith Birth: October 26, 1857 30 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 24, 1936 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: —

Ewing Madison Webb + Sarah C “Kate” McMahan - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Laura Madora Smith Lester S Webb Harry Madison Webb Bessie R Webb Family with spouse Sarah C “Kate” McMahan Emory Lee Webb Walter Woodson Webb Ewing Madison Webb Birth: March 27, 1850 42 34 — Missouri, United States Death: January 13, 1895 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
husband’s wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ewing Madison Webb Emory Lee Webb Walter Woodson Webb Sarah C “Kate” McMahan Birth: February 19, 1847 — Missouri, United States Death: September 15, 1876 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: November 30, 1871 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
13 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Emory Lee Webb Birth: December 20, 1872 22 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: June 3, 1874 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
17 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cora M Kincheloe Pensie Mae Webb Porter Comer Webb Helen Webb William Woodson Webb Marshall Webb Hazel Webb Walter Woodson Webb Birth: May 28, 1874 24 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 4, 1942 — Parker, Linn, Kansas, United States

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Census

1860 United States - Census transcript - Nicholas W Smith - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Birthplace
N W Smith	head	31	M	W	Farmer	MO
Lucy Smith	wife	27	F	W		VA
Travis Smith	child	5	M	W		MO
Madora Smith	daughter	2	F	W		MO

Census

1870 United States - Census transcript - Nicholas W Smith - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Birthplace
Smith, N W	head	43	M	W	Miller	MO
Smith, Lucy	wife	40	F	W		MO
Smith, Twyman	son	13	M	W		MO
Smith, Medora	daughter	12	F	W		MO
Smith, DeWitt	son	9	M	W		MO
Smith, Jefferson	son	7	M	W		MO
Smith, Fountain	son	3	M	W		MO

Census

1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Stanard Webb - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Name	Color	Sex	Age	Relation	Cond	Occupation	BP	FBP	MBP
Webb, H S	W	M	28	head	M	farmer	MO	VA	VA
Webb, Ella	W	F	25	wife	M	keeping house	MO	MO	VA
Webb, Arthur L	W	M	5	son	S		MO	MO	MO
Webb, Stanard	W	M	72	boarder	Wd		VA	VA	VA

Census

1900 United States - Census transcript - Laura Madora Smith - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Race	Sex	Month	Year	Age	Cond	CHB	CHL	BP	FBP	MBP	Occupation
Webb, Mrs.L M	head	W	F	Oct	1867	42	Wd	3	2	MO	MO	VA	dressmaking
Webb, Harry M	son	W	M	Nov	1881	19	S			MO	MO	MO
Webb, Bessie R	daughter	W	F	Aug	1886	13	S			MO	MO	MO

Census

1910 United States - Census transcript - Laura Madora Smith - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Cond	Marr	CHB	CHL	BP	FBP	MBP	Imm	Nat	Lang	Occupation	Ind	Emp	Unemp	Unemp	R	W	Sch	Home	Mort	Farm	CW	Blind	Deaf
Farris, William O/P	head	F	W	67	M2				MO	MO	MO				farmer
Webb, Laura M	head	F	W	52	M2		3	1	MO	MO	VA

Census

1920 United States - Census transcript - Lee Thomas Sites - Household

Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Home	Mort	Sex	Race	Age	Condition	Imm	Nat	NatY	School	R	W	BP	Lang	FBP	Father lang	MBP	Mother lang	Eng	Occupation	Ind	Emp
Sites, Lee T	head			M	W	63	M							MO		VA		MO			retired farmer
Sites, Laura	wife			F	W	62	M							MO		MO		MO

Census