The Shemwell Family

Harriet Isabel “Mattie” ClarkAge: 67 years18731941

Name
Harriet Isabel “Mattie” Clark
Given names
Harriet Isabel
Surname
Clark
Married name
Harriet Isabel Day
Nickname
Mattie
Birth December 27, 1873 22 18
Death of a maternal grandfatherAbraham Bruce
August 21, 1874 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a sisterEvalee Clark
January 1, 1878 (Age 4 years)
Death of a sisterEvalee Clark
May 21, 1878 (Age 4 years)
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
Birth of a brotherAye E Clark
October 16, 1879 (Age 5 years)
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLucretia “Lulu” Clark
1884 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterElla Mae Clark
January 25, 1885 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Price Lee
April 24, 1886 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherOrval Clark
November 14, 1887 (Age 13 years)
Death of a motherJulia Bruce
May 24, 1892 (Age 18 years)
MarriageFrancis Marion Day JrView this family
November 28, 1892 (Age 18 years)
Marriage of a parentJeremiah ClarkIsabel BruceView this family
August 10, 1893 (Age 19 years)
Marriage of a parentJeremiah ClarkMartha GraffisView this family
October 6, 1894 (Age 20 years)
Marriage of a parentJeremiah ClarkTinnie KaynerView this family
September 3, 1897 (Age 23 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
Birth of a half-brotherHarland Clark
September 21, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a half-brotherReuben Samuel Clark
September 8, 1907 (Age 33 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah A Hoch
August 23, 1911 (Age 37 years)
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 55 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
Death of a fatherJeremiah Clark
November 25, 1933 (Age 59 years)
Death November 20, 1941 (Age 67 years)
Obituary
Harriet (Clark) Day Obituary
November 27, 1941 (7 days after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Winamac Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 28, 1873Fulton, Indiana, United States
11 months
herself
Harriet Isabel “Mattie” Clark
Birth: December 27, 1873 22 18Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: November 20, 1941Earl Park, Benton, Indiana, United States
4 years
younger sister
Evalee Clark
Birth: January 1, 1878 26 22Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 21, 1878Fulton, Indiana, United States
21 months
younger brother
Aye E Clark
Birth: October 16, 1879 28 23Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 24, 1945Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
5 years
younger sister
13 months
younger sister
Ella Mae Clark
Birth: January 25, 1885 33 29Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: December 8, 1973Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger brother
Orval Clark
Birth: November 14, 1887 36 31Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: April 1967Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Father’s family with Martha Graffis - View this family
father
step-mother
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
Father’s family with Tinnie Kayner - View this family
father
step-mother
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
half-brother
Harland Clark
Birth: September 21, 1900 49 29Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: September 26, 1965Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States
7 years
half-brother
Reuben Samuel Clark
Birth: September 8, 1907 56 36Indiana, United States
Death: March 5, 1984Columbia, Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Isabel Bruce - View this family
father
step-mother
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 Francis Marion Day Jr - View this family
husband
Francis Marion Day Jr
Birth: February 5, 1869Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: December 12, 1948Pulaski, Indiana, United States
herself
Harriet Isabel “Mattie” Clark
Birth: December 27, 1873 22 18Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: November 20, 1941Earl Park, Benton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: November 28, 1892Fulton, Indiana, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jeremiah Clark - Household

ED 44 Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Clarke, JerryWM25headMFarmerINNYOH
Clarke, JuliaWF24wifeMKeeping HouseINPAPA
Clarke, MattieWF6daughterSINININ
Clarke, AWM0 years 8 monthsOctsonSINININ
Clarke, SarahWF72motherSRetired House KeeperOHKYKY