The Shemwell Family

Mary Jane “Deck” InmonAge: 65 years18641929

Name
Mary Jane “Deck” Inmon
Given names
Mary Jane
Surname
Inmon
Nickname
Deck
Married name
Mary Jane Frost
Birth February 8, 1864
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageThomas Simpson FrostView this family
November 21, 1880 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Maud Irene Frost
December 12, 1881 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Claud Inman Frost
May 27, 1883 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Hunter S Frost
about 1885 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sonHunter S Frost
about 1889 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 childRoy David ReynoldsMaud Irene FrostView this family
March 14, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Roy Deck Reynolds
June 4, 1902 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childClaud Inman FrostLeota ShepherdView this family
November 15, 1904 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Hazel T Frost
about 1907 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Maud Frost
about 1908 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Lucile Frost
June 17, 1909 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Thomas Simpson Frost II
May 30, 1911 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Mary Virginia “Gena” Frost
March 23, 1916 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 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 December 31, 1929 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Thomas Simpson Frost - View this family
husband
Thomas Simpson Frost
Birth: May 2, 1859 18 17Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 5, 1937Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: November 21, 1880Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
13 months
daughter
Maud Irene Frost
Birth: December 12, 1881 22 17Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: October 29, 1960St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
17 months
son
3 years
son
Hunter S Frost
Birth: about 1885 25 20Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: about 1889Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States

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