The Shemwell Family

Martha Higgerson1899

Name
Martha Higgerson
Given names
Martha
Surname
Higgerson
Married name
Martha Goode
Birth August 1899 38 28
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 10 months)
Birth of a sisterMay B Higgerson
1903 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson
February 11, 1903 (Age 3 years)
Address: Near Boonville
Birth of a brotherThomas Higgerson
March 1910 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Columbus Higgerson
April 14, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Frances Herndon
May 15, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherEmmett Lee Higgerson
July 29, 1921 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Columbus Higgerson
November 12, 1925 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 42 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 50 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 46 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 parents - View this family
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mother
Marriage: February 17, 1892Cooper, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
5 years
herself
4 years
younger sister
7 years
younger brother
1 month
younger brother
Jesse Columbus Higgerson
Birth: April 14, 1910 48 39Missouri, United States
Death: November 12, 1925Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States
Family with Paul Rolland Goode - View this family
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herself
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daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Martha Higgerson has 14 first cousins recorded

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