The Shemwell Family

Frances Elizabeth HooperAge: 78 years18421921

Name
Frances Elizabeth Hooper
Given names
Frances Elizabeth
Surname
Hooper
Birth November 28, 1842 25 20
Death of a motherLucinda Plummer
July 1, 1844 (Age 19 months)

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Marriage of a parentJoseph W HooperLouisa Jane TaylorView this family
July 23, 1854 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-sisterSarah Elmerine Hooper
December 22, 1855 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJames William “Willy” Hooper
1857 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJoseph Samuel Hooper
August 26, 1859 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 30, 1860 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNancy L Hooper
about 1862 (Age 19 years)
Address: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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 half-sisterEliza E Hooper
November 1865 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 24 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 24 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-sisterLaura J Hooper
March 31, 1869 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 26 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 October 12, 1870 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a half-brotherThomas Seymour Hooper
November 26, 1871 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn A Hooper
1873 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRobert Elie Hooper
1877 (Age 34 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph W Hooper
February 1877 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a half-brotherJames William “Willy” Hooper
1891 (Age 48 years)
Death of a half-brotherJohn A Hooper
1891 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 73 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 74 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 75 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 February 20, 1921 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Massey Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1841Kentucky, United States
23 months
herself
Frances Elizabeth Hooper
Birth: November 28, 1842 25 20Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 20, 1921Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Louisa Jane Taylor - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: July 23, 1854Sumner, Tennessee, United States
17 months
half-sister
Sarah Elmerine Hooper
Birth: December 22, 1855 38 21Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 31, 1926Logan, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-brother
James William “Willy” Hooper
Birth: 1857 40 22Kentucky, United States
Death: 1891Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
4 years
half-sister
Eliza E Hooper
Birth: November 1865 48 30Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1935Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-sister
Laura J Hooper
Birth: March 31, 1869 52 34Kentucky, United States
Death: October 23, 1946Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-brother
Thomas Seymour Hooper
Birth: November 26, 1871 54 36Kentucky, United States
Death: August 2, 1949Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-brother
John A Hooper
Birth: 1873 56 38Kentucky, United States
Death: 1891Logan, Kentucky, United States
5 years
half-brother
Robert Elie Hooper
Birth: 1877 60 42Kentucky, United States
Death: 1960Kentucky, United States

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Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Joseph W Hooper - Household

Simpson, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Joseph W Hooperhead48MWOver-seerVA1
Louisa Jane Hooperwife30FWKY
Sarah Elmerine Hooperdaughter7FWKY
James William Hooperson4MWKY
Joseph Samuel Hooperson1MWKY
Eliza E Hooperdaughter17FWKY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Joseph W Hooper - Household

Sharon, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hooper, Joseph Whead55MWFarmer200TN
Hooper, Louisa Jwife33FWKeeping HouseKY
Hooper, Frances Edaughter28FWKY
Hooper, Sarah Edaughter14FWAt HomeKY
Hooper, James Wson13MWFarm LaborerKY
Hooper, Joseph Sson11MWFarm LaborerKY
Hooper, Nancy Ldaughter8FWKY
Hooper, Eliza Edaughter5FWKY
Hooper, Laura Jdaughter2FWKY