The Shemwell Family

Harry Madison WebbAge: 53 years18801934

Name
Harry Madison Webb
Given names
Harry Madison
Surname
Webb
Birth November 22, 1880 30 23
Birth of a sisterBessie R Webb
August 3, 1886 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherNicholas W Smith
January 13, 1893 (Age 12 years)
Death of a fatherEwing Madison Webb
January 13, 1895 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 brotherLester S Webb
November 29, 1898 (Age 18 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 19 years)
Religious marriageMaggie F JeningsView this family
November 15, 1904 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sisterBessie R Webb
July 4, 1907 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLucy Frances Higgerson
1907 (Age 26 years)

Marriage of a parentWilliam P FarrisLaura Madora SmithView this family
December 24, 1908 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 April 21, 1934 (Age 53 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 10, 1878Cooper, Missouri, United States
9 months
elder brother
Lester S Webb
Birth: July 5, 1879 29 21Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 29, 1898Cooper, Missouri, United States
17 months
himself
Harry Madison Webb
Birth: November 22, 1880 30 23Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1934Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
6 years
younger sister
Bessie R Webb
Birth: August 3, 1886 36 28Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1907Cooper, Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Sarah C “Kate” McMahan - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 30, 1871Cooper, Missouri, United States
13 months
half-brother
Emory Lee Webb
Birth: December 20, 1872 22 25Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: June 3, 1874Cooper, Missouri, United States
17 months
half-brother
Mother’s family with William P Farris - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1908Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with Lee Thomas Sites - View this family
step-father
Lee Thomas Sites
Birth: October 13, 1856Missouri, United States
Death: February 21, 1931Cooper, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage:
Family with Maggie F Jenings - View this family
himself
Harry Madison Webb
Birth: November 22, 1880 30 23Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1934Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: November 15, 1904Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Laura Madora Smith - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Webb, Mrs.L MheadWFOct186742Wd32MOMOVAdressmaking
Webb, Harry MsonWMNov188119SMOMOMO
Webb, Bessie RdaughterWFAug188613SMOMOMO