The Shemwell Family

Lee Thomas SitesAge: 74 years18561931

Name
Lee Thomas Sites
Given names
Lee Thomas
Surname
Sites
Birth October 13, 1856
MarriageLaura Madora SmithView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 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 10 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 12 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 21 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 41 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 63 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 72 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 73 years)
Death February 21, 1931 (Age 74 years)
Family with Laura Madora Smith - View this family
himself
Lee Thomas Sites
Birth: October 13, 1856Missouri, United States
Death: February 21, 1931Cooper, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage:
Ewing Madison Webb + Laura Madora Smith - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: October 10, 1878Cooper, Missouri, United States
9 months
step-son
Lester S Webb
Birth: July 5, 1879 29 21Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 29, 1898Cooper, Missouri, United States
17 months
step-son
Harry Madison Webb
Birth: November 22, 1880 30 23Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1934Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
6 years
step-daughter
Bessie R Webb
Birth: August 3, 1886 36 28Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1907Cooper, Missouri, United States
William P Farris + Laura Madora Smith - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: December 24, 1908Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lee Thomas Sites - Household

Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Sites, Lee TheadMW63MMOVAMOretired farmer
Sites, LaurawifeFW62MMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lee Thomas Sites - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sites, Lee T, SrheadMW73MMOVAMOfarmer
Sites, Laura MwifeFW72MMOMOVA