The Shemwell Family

Mary Jane MoonAge: 81 years18491930

Name
Mary Jane Moon
Given names
Mary Jane
Surname
Moon
Married name
Mary Jane Bruce
Birth January 9, 1849 37 32
Census September 5, 1850 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherHenry H Moon
January 17, 1852 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSamuel Lee
February 3, 1853 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Moon
1854 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth A Moon
March 9, 1859 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a sisterElizabeth A Moon
April 30, 1860 (Age 11 years)
Census June 15, 1860 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 17 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 17 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann Thomas
March 29, 1868 (Age 19 years)
MarriageBenjamin BruceView this family
October 1, 1868 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 19 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 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 fatherWilliam Philips Moon
August 11, 1891 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 motherMalinda Lee
August 14, 1899 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge W Moon
March 18, 1916 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a sisterSarah Ellen Moon
January 3, 1917 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 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 68 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 husbandBenjamin Bruce
March 5, 1923 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherSydney R Moon
September 20, 1923 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Moon
March 3, 1928 (Age 79 years)
Death of a brotherDewitt C Moon
about 1929 (Age 79 years)
Note: Was listed in 1920 as 81 years old; but, not found in 1930 Census
Note: Death date was found in the biography of his brother, henry H Moon, on the findagrave website
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 80 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 March 13, 1930 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bruce Lake Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 14, 1833Butler, Ohio, United States
14 months
elder sister
Sarah Ellen Moon
Birth: December 30, 1834 23 18Ohio, United States
Death: January 3, 1917Fulton, Indiana, United States
4 years
elder brother
George W Moon
Birth: August 5, 1838 27 21Marion, Ohio, United States
Death: March 18, 1916Fulton, Indiana, United States
4 years
elder brother
Sydney R Moon
Birth: 1842 30 25Ohio, United States
Death: September 20, 1923Indiana, United States
4 years
elder brother
Dewitt C Moon
Birth: about 1845 33 28Ohio, United States
Death: about 1929Indiana, United States
4 years
herself
Mary Jane Moon
Birth: January 9, 1849 37 32Indiana, United States
Death: March 13, 1930Aubbeenaubbee, Fulton, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger brother
Henry H Moon
Birth: January 17, 1852 40 35Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: July 7, 1936Fulton, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Moon
Birth: 1854 42 37Indiana, United States
Death: March 3, 1928Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
5 years
younger sister
Elizabeth A Moon
Birth: March 9, 1859 48 42Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 30, 1860Fulton, Indiana, United States
Family with Benjamin Bruce - View this family
husband
Benjamin Bruce
Birth: October 12, 1845Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 5, 1923Aubbeenaubbee, Fulton, Indiana, United States
herself
Mary Jane Moon
Birth: January 9, 1849 37 32Indiana, United States
Death: March 13, 1930Aubbeenaubbee, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: October 1, 1868Fulton, Indiana, United States

Mary Jane Moon has 18 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - William Philips Moon - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Moonhead37MWFarmer600NY
Malina Moonwife33FWKY
Sarah E Moondaughter15FWOHx
George W Moonson11MWOHx
Sydney R Moonson9MWOHx
Dewitt C Moonson5MWOHx
Mary J Moondaughter2FWIN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William Philips Moon - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Moonhead44MWNY
Malinda Moonwife40FWKY
George Moonson21MWOHx
Sydney R Moonson20MWOHx
Dewitt C Moonson17MWOHx
Mary J Moondaughter12FWINx
Henry H Moonson9MWIN
William Moonson6MWINx
Sarah E Hendersondaughter25FWOH