The Shemwell Family

Mary Eleanor DaughertyAge: 62 years18691931

Name
Mary Eleanor Daugherty
Given names
Mary Eleanor
Surname
Daugherty
Married name
Mary Eleanor Green
Birth June 19, 1869 33 25
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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
Census July 21, 1870 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a brotherSammie Daugherty
June 14, 1871 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Ausburn Daugherty
July 4, 1873 (Age 4 years)
Death of a brotherSammie Daugherty
June 16, 1875 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Rebecca “Mattie” Daugherty
August 26, 1875 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 10 years)
MarriageThomas Henderson GreenView this family
about 1895 (Age 25 years)
Note: Marriage info based on birth of first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bessie Lee Green
September 23, 1896 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 brotherBenjamin M Daugherty
before 1900 (Age 30 years)
Note: In the 1900 Census, his wife (Fannie) is listed as a Widow
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Thomas Green
January 9, 1901 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Wisdom Daugherty
June 19, 1914 (Age 45 years)
Event
Thomas Wisdom Daugherty
June 20, 1914 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 23, 1920 (Age 50 years)
Death of a motherMartha Rebecca White
July 21, 1927 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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
Census April 3, 1930 (Age 60 years)
Death December 30, 1931 (Age 62 years)
Burialunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1862Texas, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
15 months
herself
2 years
younger brother
Sammie Daugherty
Birth: June 14, 1871 35 27Denton, Texas, United States
Death: June 16, 1875Denton, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
William Ausburn Daugherty
Birth: July 4, 1873 37 29Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: January 30, 1958Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Daugherty
Birth: August 26, 1875 39 31Denton, Texas, United States
Death: January 20, 1970Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
Family with Thomas Henderson Green - View this family
husband
Thomas Henderson Green
Birth: June 19, 1870Loraine, Mitchell, Texas, United States
Death: April 8, 1942Loraine, Mitchell, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1895Texas, United States
21 months
daughter
Bessie Lee Green
Birth: September 23, 1896 26 27Texas, United States
Death: October 8, 1973Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
son
James Thomas Green
Birth: January 9, 1901 30 31Snyder, Hale, Texas, United States
Death: August 25, 1979Loraine, Mitchell, Texas, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Wisdom Daugherty - Household

Denton, Denton, Texas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Daugherty, Thoshead34MWRetail Dry Goods Merchant30503000MOx
Daugherty, Marthawife25FWKeeping HouseIL
Daugherty, Benj Mson7MWAttending SchoolTX
Daugherty, Robertson5MWAt HomeTXx
Daugherty, Thos Json2MWAt HomeTX
Daugherty, Mary Edaughter1FWAt HomeTX

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Wisdom Daugherty - Household

ED101 Denton, Denton, Texas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Daugherty, Thomas WWM44headMFarmerxxMOVAVA
Daugherty, Martha RWF35wifeMKeeping HousexxILNCTN
Daugherty, Benjamin MWM17sonSLabors on FarmxxxTXMOIL
Daugherty, RobertWM14sonSLabors on FarmxxxTXMOIL
Daugherty, ThomasWM12sonSAt HomeTXMOIL
Daugherty, EllaWF10daughterSTXMOIL
Daugherty, WilliamWM6sonSTXMOIL
Daugherty, MarthaWF4daughterSTXMOIL

Marriage
Marriage info based on birth of first child
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henderson Green - Household

ED 134 Snyder, Scurry, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Green, Thomas HheadWMJun187327M4TXTXTXFarmer0YesYesYesRF
Green, EllawifeWFJun187227M421TXMOILYesYesYes
Green, Bessie LdaughterWFSep18963STXTXTX

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henderson Green - Household

ED 216 Snyder, Scurry, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Green, T HheadOFMW49MYesYesTXTXTXYesFarmerStockEmp
Green, EllawifeFW50MYesYesTXMOILYesHousekeeper
Green, James TsonMW19MYesYesTXTXTXYesnone
Green, BlossomwifeFW16MYesYesOKMOILYesHelper

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henderson Green - Household

ED 1 Snyder, Scurry, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Piguet, Florence JheadO1000RNoMW34M25NoYesKSOHPAYesTruck DriverWestern ProduceWYes
Piguet, Bessie GwifeFW32M22NoYesTXTXTXYesNone
Piguet, Dalma FdaughterFW7SYesTXTXTXNone
Piguet, LavadodaughterFW5SNoTXKSTXNone
Green, Tom Hfather-in-lawMW59M24NoYesTXTXTXYesFarmerTenantWNo
Green, Ellamother-in-lawFW60M25NoYesTXMOTXYesNone