The Shemwell Family

Mary Ellen AbbottAge: 50 years18741925

Name
Mary Ellen Abbott
Given names
Mary Ellen
Surname
Abbott
Birth April 1874 35 44
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 2, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherSara Elizabeth Hizer
August 25, 1884 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterMatilda Ann Abbott
April 3, 1893 (Age 19 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
Death of a brotherWiiliam Henry Abbott
April 22, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherNathan S Abbott
June 22, 1908 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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/
Death of a brotherAlfred Jackson Abbott
August 7, 1922 (Age 48 years)
Death January 18, 1925 (Age 50 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grass Creek Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: April 17, 1862Fulton, Indiana, United States
19 months
elder sister
Harriet Louisa Abbott
Birth: November 5, 1863 24 33Wayne, Indiana, United States
Death: March 26, 1929Wayne, Indiana, United States
18 months
elder sister
Matilda Ann Abbott
Birth: May 5, 1865 26 35Indiana, United States
Death: April 3, 1893Gibson, Indiana, United States
3 years
elder brother
Wiiliam Henry Abbott
Birth: 1867 27 36Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 22, 1900Fulton, Indiana, United States
19 months
elder sister
Eliza Jane Abbott
Birth: August 11, 1868 29 38Indiana, United States
Death: December 5, 1932Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
3 years
elder brother
Alfred Jackson Abbott
Birth: March 17, 1871 31 41Indiana, United States
Death: August 7, 1922Pulaski, Indiana, United States
3 years
herself
Mary Ellen Abbott
Birth: April 1874 35 44Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: January 18, 1925Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Mother’s family with William Reuben Clark - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: January 25, 1849Fulton, Indiana, United States
23 months
half-sister
13 months
half-brother
John Henry Clark
Birth: January 26, 1851 20 20Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 7, 1931South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
23 months
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
Samuel R Clark
Birth: September 22, 1854 24 24Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 27, 1935Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Nathan S Abbott - Household

ED 44 Wayne, Indiana, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Abbott, NathanWM41headMFarmerIN
Abbott, ElizabethWF48wifeMKeeping HouseINPA
Abbott, HarrietWF16daughterSAt HomeINININ
Abbott, MatildaWF15daughterSAt HomeINININ
Abbott, WiiliamWM13sonSWorks on FarmINININ
Abbott, ElisaWF11daughterSINININ
Abbott, Alfred JWM9sonSINININ
Abbott, MaryWF6daughterSINININ