The Shemwell Family

Martha Ellen RobinsonAge: 87 years18481935

Name
Martha Ellen Robinson
Given names
Martha Ellen
Surname
Robinson
Married name
Martha Ellen Cook
Birth March 20, 1848
MarriageWilliam Wallace CookView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)

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 13 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 18 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 18 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 20 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 29 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 daughter
#1
Grace Cook
February 3, 1892 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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
Marriage of a childWilliam Homer ShamelGrace CookView this family
February 19, 1913 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Cleo Clare Shamel
July 3, 1916 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 67 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#2
Loren Thomas Shamel
July 24, 1918 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 68 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 69 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Janice Irene Shamel
May 31, 1920 (Age 72 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Wallace Cook
June 3, 1921 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Leland Homer Shamel
May 24, 1924 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 81 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 15, 1930 (Age 82 years)
Death September 18, 1935 (Age 87 years)
Family with William Wallace Cook - View this family
husband
William Wallace Cook
Birth: December 20, 1844Ebenezer, Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: June 3, 1921Laclede, Missouri, United States
herself
Martha Ellen Robinson
Birth: March 20, 1848Oakland, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 18, 1935Laclede, Missouri, United States
Marriage:
daughter

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Homer Shamel - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shamel, Hpmer WheadMW40M21MOMOMOCashierBank
Shamel, GracewifeFW37M18MOMOMO
Shamel, Cleo CdaughterFW13SMOMOMO
Shamel, Loren TsonMW10SMOMOMO
Shamel, Janice IdaughterFW7SMOMOMO
Shamel, Leland HsonMW5SMOMOMO
Cook, Martha Emother in lawFW82WdMOMOMOTeacherHigh School