The Shemwell Family

Sallie L HuffmanAge: 54 years18621916

Name
Sallie L Huffman
Given names
Sallie L
Surname
Huffman
Married name
Sallie L Speece
Birth November 11, 1862
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 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJohn R SpeeceView this family
about 1883 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Attie G Speece
December 24, 1884 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Stanley Speece
about 1891 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Cupit Virginia Speece
October 3, 1900 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Lawrence Speece
about 1902 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jewell Morton Shemwell
October 28, 1907 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Morton “Jack” ShemwellAttie G SpeeceView this family
November 9, 1907 (Age 44 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childEdward E BramelAttie G SpeeceView this family
May 7, 1911 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death November 21, 1916 (Age 54 years)
Family with John R Speece - View this family
husband
herself
Sallie L Huffman
Birth: November 11, 1862Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 21, 1916Princeton, Colusa, California, United States
Marriage: about 1883
2 years
daughter
7 years
son
10 years
daughter
Cupit Virginia Speece
Birth: October 3, 1900 39 37Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 8, 1992Yuba, California, United States
2 years
son

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John R Speece - Household

Clinton, Henry, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Speece, John RheadMW49M26ILINILFarmerGeneral Farm
Speece, SalliewifeFW47M2666MOVAMO
Speece, StanleysonMW19SMOILMOLaborerHome Farm
Speece, CupitdaughterFW9SMOILMO
Speece, LawrencesonMW8SMOILMO
Shemwell, AttiedaughterFW25M1211MOILMO
Shemwell, Jewellgrand sonMW2SMOMOMO