The Shemwell Family

Isabel BruceAge: 76 years18391916

Name
Isabel Bruce
Given names
Isabel
Surname
Bruce
Married name
Isabel Clark
Married name
Isabel Troutman
Birth August 23, 1839 28 20
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Census August 7, 1850 (Age 10 years)
MarriageJohn Greenup Troutman SrView this family
April 4, 1855 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterJulia Bruce
November 30, 1855 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherAbraham Bruce
April 2, 1858 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 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 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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
Death of a fatherAbraham Bruce
August 21, 1874 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 38 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a husbandJohn Greenup Troutman Sr
June 18, 1886 (Age 46 years)
Death of a sisterJulia Bruce
May 24, 1892 (Age 52 years)
MarriageJeremiah ClarkView this family
August 10, 1893 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 motherSarah A Hoch
August 23, 1911 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 76 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death February 23, 1916 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shaffer Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Abraham Bruce
Birth: May 16, 1811Union, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: August 21, 1874Fulton, Indiana, United States
mother
Sarah A Hoch
Birth: July 31, 1819Union, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: August 23, 1911Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: about 1835Pennsylvania, United States
5 years
herself
Isabel Bruce
Birth: August 23, 1839 28 20Lake Bruce, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1916Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
-3 years
elder brother
20 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Abraham Bruce
Birth: April 2, 1858 46 38Fulton, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: January 26, 1943Fulton, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Family with Jeremiah Clark - View this family
husband
herself
Isabel Bruce
Birth: August 23, 1839 28 20Lake Bruce, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1916Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: August 10, 1893Fulton, Indiana, United States
Family with John Greenup Troutman Sr - View this family
husband
John Greenup Troutman Sr
Birth: April 27, 1831 28 30Nineveh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
Death: June 18, 1886Indiana, United States
herself
Isabel Bruce
Birth: August 23, 1839 28 20Lake Bruce, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1916Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: April 4, 1855Fulton, Indiana, United States
Jeremiah Clark + Julia Bruce - View this family
husband
younger sister
Marriage: January 28, 1873Fulton, Indiana, United States
11 months
niece
Harriet Isabel “Mattie” Clark
Birth: December 27, 1873 22 18Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: November 20, 1941Earl Park, Benton, Indiana, United States
4 years
niece
Evalee Clark
Birth: January 1, 1878 26 22Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 21, 1878Fulton, Indiana, United States
21 months
nephew
Aye E Clark
Birth: October 16, 1879 28 23Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 24, 1945Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
5 years
niece
13 months
niece
Ella Mae Clark
Birth: January 25, 1885 33 29Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: December 8, 1973Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
3 years
nephew
Orval Clark
Birth: November 14, 1887 36 31Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: April 1967Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Jeremiah Clark + Martha Graffis - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Martha Graffis
Birth: January 9, 1855Pulaski, Indiana, United States
Death: July 19, 1937Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1894Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Jeremiah Clark + Tinnie Kayner - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Tinnie Kayner
Birth: January 14, 1871New York, United States
Death: April 6, 1939Columbia, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: September 3, 1897Fulton, Indiana, United States
3 years
step-son
Harland Clark
Birth: September 21, 1900 49 29Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: September 26, 1965Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States
7 years
step-son
Reuben Samuel Clark
Birth: September 8, 1907 56 36Indiana, United States
Death: March 5, 1984Columbia, Arkansas, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Abraham Bruce - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Abraham Brucehead39MWBlacksmith1000PA
Daniel Bruceson13MWPAx
Isabel Brucedaughter10FWINx
Harriet Brucedaughter5FWINx
Sarah Brucedaughter2FWIN
Sarah A Brucewife32FWPA