The Shemwell Family

Harriet Jane MelroseAge: 84 years18881973

Name
Harriet Jane Melrose
Given names
Harriet Jane
Surname
Melrose
Married name
Harriet Jane Barnett
Birth April 24, 1888
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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 27 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 28 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 29 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/
MarriageThomas William BarnettView this family
about 1922 (Age 33 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 41 years)
Death of a husbandThomas William Barnett
June 15, 1939 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 61 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 57 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 March 18, 1973 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
Family with Thomas William Barnett - View this family
husband
Thomas William Barnett
Birth: March 22, 1880 38 35Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 15, 1939Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, United States
herself
Harriet Jane Melrose
Birth: April 24, 1888Grayville, White, Illinois, United States
Death: March 18, 1973Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana, United States
Marriage: about 1922Indiana, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on 1930 Census
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas William Barnett - Household

Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Barnett, Thomas DheadR45NoMW48M40NoYesININOHYesTeacherPublic SchoolWYes
Barnett, HarrietwifeFW38M30NoYesILILILYesTeacherPublic SchoolWYes

Name
Thomas W Barnett Obituary and Family Listing Published in The Rochester Sentinel Thursday, June 15, 1939 Rochester relatives and friends today were informed of the death of a former resident, Thomas W. BARNETT, 59, which occurred at two a.m. today at his home in Connersville, Ind. Death was caused by a heart attack, the message stated. Mr. Barnett at the time of his demise was superintendent of the Connersville city schools. A number of years ago he was an instructor in the Rochester city schools. The survivors are his wife; three sisters, Miss Alice BARNETT, Mrs. Elizabeth TROUTMAN, Mrs. Claudia WENTZEL, all of Kewanna, and two brothers, Joseph B. BARNETT, of this city and James BARNETT of Kewanna. FULTON COUNTY INDIANA OBITUARIES 1939 The News-Sentinel https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110543611/thomas_w_barnett