The Shemwell Family

Mary Frances WarfieldAge: 94 years18491943

Name
Mary Frances Warfield
Given names
Mary Frances
Surname
Warfield
Married name
Mary Frances Beeson
Birth about 1849
MarriageClarkson Lewis BeesonView this family
unknown

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 12 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
Alice Beeson
1897 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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
Death of a husbandClarkson Lewis Beeson
May 4, 1911 (Age 62 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
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
Marriage of a childCharles Lafayette “Charlie” ShemwellAlice BeesonView this family
estimated 1918 (Age 69 years)

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 grandson
#1
Charles Delbert Shemwell
January 16, 1919 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Wayne Dale Shemwell
September 19, 1920 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 80 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 22, 1930 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 92 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
Death January 4, 1943 (Age 94 years)
Family with Clarkson Lewis Beeson - View this family
husband
Clarkson Lewis Beeson
Birth: about 1837Wayne, Indiana, United States
Death: May 4, 1911Walla Walla, Washington, United States
herself
Mary Frances Warfield
Birth: about 1849Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States
Death: January 4, 1943Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Marriage:
daughter

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles L “Charlie” Shemwell - Household

Onecho, Whitman, Washington

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, Charles LheadMW34M22WAKYKYFarmerWheat Farm
Shemwell, AlicewifeFW32M20WAINIL
Shemwell, C DelbertsonMW11SWAWAWA
Shemwell, Wayne DsonMW9SWAWAWA
Beeson, Mary Fmother in lawFW81WdILKYOH
Procter, Herbert ClodgerMW24M23MOMOMO