The Shemwell Family

Orpha Estell KitchenAge: 87 years18731960

Name
Orpha Estell Kitchen
Given names
Orpha Estell
Surname
Kitchen
Married name
Orpha Estell Troutman
Birth April 28, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageElmer “Stack” TroutmanView this family
November 28, 1894 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 42 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 43 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 44 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 56 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 76 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
Death of a husbandElmer “Stack” Troutman
November 11, 1955 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 October 9, 1960 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Resthaven Memorial Cemetery
Family with Elmer “Stack” Troutman - View this family
husband
herself
Orpha Estell Kitchen
Birth: April 28, 1873Illinois, United States
Death: October 9, 1960Kentucky, United States
Marriage: November 28, 1894Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Elmer “Stack” Troutman + Elizabeth Jane “Jennie” Berger - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: October 15, 1908Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
-18 months
step-son
Francis Corwin Troutman
Birth: April 12, 1907 37 22Udall, Cowley, Kansas, United States
Death: May 8, 1957Illinois, United States
2 years
step-son
Asa Burton “Ace” Troutman
Birth: July 26, 1909 39 24Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: January 15, 1931Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
2 years
step-son
Charles Edward Troutman
Birth: October 28, 1911 41 26Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: May 17, 1988Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States
2 years
step-daughter
4 years
step-daughter
Elmer “Stack” Troutman + Iva Dell Clow - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Iva Dell Clow
Birth: January 11, 1881 25 19Cowden, Shelby, Illinois, United States
Death: January 22, 1947Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1901Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
9 months
step-daughter

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