The Shemwell Family

Winfield Scott HurstAge: 88 years18521941

Name
Winfield Scott Hurst
Given names
Winfield Scott
Surname
Hurst
Birth October 5, 1852
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 25 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageEmma Josephine FrostView this family
April 16, 1882 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mable Clara Hurst
August 14, 1883 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Waldo Ross Hurst Sr.
May 8, 1885 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Garland Frost Hurst Sr.
June 2, 1887 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Thurman Scott Hurst
April 28, 1889 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Beulah Josephine Hurst
June 2, 1891 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#6
William Simpson Hurst
March 22, 1894 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 63 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 64 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 65 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 of a sonWaldo Ross Hurst Sr.
September 14, 1928 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 76 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 January 12, 1941 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
Family with Emma Josephine Frost - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: April 16, 1882Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
16 months
daughter
Mable Clara Hurst
Birth: August 14, 1883 30 23Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 23, 1962Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
21 months
son
Waldo Ross Hurst Sr.
Birth: May 8, 1885 32 25Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 14, 1928Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
son
Garland Frost Hurst Sr.
Birth: June 2, 1887 34 27Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: October 4, 1949Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
23 months
son
Thurman Scott Hurst
Birth: April 28, 1889 36 29Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 12, 1975Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
daughter
Beulah Josephine Hurst
Birth: June 2, 1891 38 31Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 14, 1950Tulare, California, United States
3 years
son
William Simpson Hurst
Birth: March 22, 1894 41 34Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 8, 1964Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States

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