The Shemwell Family

Mata Jane RutherfordAge: 72 years18801953

Name
Mata Jane Rutherford
Given names
Mata Jane
Surname
Rutherford
Married name
Mata Jane McClelland
Birth June 3, 1880 24 18
Birth of a brotherSeth Frost Rutherford
January 7, 1883 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherZell Mathew Rutherford
March 18, 1887 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMathew Frost
June 26, 1890 (Age 10 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
Marriage of a parentSilas Richard HarrisonAmelia Elizabeth “Millie” FrostView this family
May 16, 1899 (Age 18 years)
Marriage of a parentElijah Marion FrostAmelia Elizabeth “Millie” FrostView this family
May 26, 1913 (Age 32 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/
Death of a fatherWilliam R Rutherford
about 1923 (Age 42 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 of a motherAmelia Elizabeth “Millie” Frost
November 29, 1942 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death May 22, 1953 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Colusa Community Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 3, 1879Barry, Missouri, United States
11 months
herself
Mata Jane Rutherford
Birth: June 3, 1880 24 18Granby, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: May 22, 1953Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger brother
Seth Frost Rutherford
Birth: January 7, 1883 27 21Missouri, United States
Death: July 3, 1970San Bernardino, California, United States
4 years
younger brother
Zell Mathew Rutherford
Birth: March 18, 1887 31 25Missouri, United States
Death: December 10, 1981Marysville, Yuba, California, United States
Mother’s family with Elijah Marion Frost - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: May 26, 1913Polk, Arkansas, United States
Mother’s family with Silas Richard Harrison - View this family
step-father
Silas Richard Harrison
Birth: July 7, 1842Morristown, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
Death: December 30, 1907Mill Creek, Johnston, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Marriage: May 16, 1899Benton, Arkansas, United States