The Shemwell Family

Ida May Lewis1870

Name
Ida May Lewis
Given names
Ida May
Surname
Lewis
Married name
Ida May Higgerson
Birth September 13, 1870
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Religious marriageEmmett Lee HiggersonView this family
February 17, 1892 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mildred Higgerson
January 1893 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Higgerson
December 1894 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 daughter
#3
Martha Higgerson
August 1899 (Age 28 years)
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
May B Higgerson
1903 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Thomas Higgerson
March 1910 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Jesse Columbus Higgerson
April 14, 1910 (Age 39 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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/
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 49 years)
Death of a husbandEmmett Lee Higgerson
July 29, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Burial of a husbandEmmett Lee Higgerson
July 31, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery
Death of a sonJesse Columbus Higgerson
November 12, 1925 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 79 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 75 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
Deathunknown

Family with Emmett Lee Higgerson - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 17, 1892Cooper, Missouri, United States
11 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
5 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
7 years
son
1 month
son
Jesse Columbus Higgerson
Birth: April 14, 1910 48 39Missouri, United States
Death: November 12, 1925Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Emmett Lee Higgerson - Household

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Higgerson, Emmett headWMJun186138M8MOVAMOfarmer
Higgerson, Ida MwifeWFSep186930M833MOMOMO
Higgerson, MildreddaughterWFJan18937SMOMOMO
Higgerson, MarydaughterWFDec18945SMOMOMO
Higgerson, MarthadaughterWFAug18999 monthsSMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Emmett Lee Higgerson - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Higgerson, Emmett headMW49M18MOVAMOfarm laborer
Higgerson, Ida MwifeFW39M1855MOMOMO
Higgerson, MildreddaughterFW17SMOMOMO
Higgerson, Mary LdaughterFW15SMOMOMO
Higgerson, Martha LdaughterFW10SMOMOMO
Higgerson, May BdaughterFW7SMOMOMO
Higgerson, ThomassonMW1 monthSMOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Emmett Lee Higgerson - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Higgerson, Emmett headMW58MMOVAMOlaborerpipe factory
Higgerson, IdawifeFW48MMOMOMO
Higgerson, May BelledaughterFW17SMOMOMO
Higgerson, JessesonMW9SMOMOMO