The Shemwell Family

Josephine Clara DaughertyAge: 85 years19021987

Name
Josephine Clara Daugherty
Given names
Josephine Clara
Surname
Daugherty
Birth May 19, 1902 28 25
Birth of a brotherLaurens McCoy Daugherty
December 27, 1903 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherLee Earnest Daugherty
March 8, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherMathew “Matt” Daugherty
November 27, 1906 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Belle Daugherty
January 2, 1908 (Age 5 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterSeleta Frances Daugherty
May 9, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Daniel Daugherty
February 4, 1913 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterDorothy Fay Daugherty
February 8, 1914 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 27, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Death of a sisterSeleta Frances Daugherty
December 30, 1928 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 39 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
Death of a motherMary Seleta Hodges
July 25, 1947 (Age 45 years)
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
Death of a fatherMatthew Daugherty Jr
May 15, 1973 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherLaurens McCoy Daugherty
December 17, 1974 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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
Death of a brotherJames Daniel Daugherty
May 28, 1977 (Age 75 years)
Death June 16, 1987 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1899Texas, United States
3 years
herself
Josephine Clara Daugherty
Birth: May 19, 1902 28 25Claytonville, Fisher, Texas, United States
Death: June 16, 1987Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
19 months
younger brother
Laurens McCoy Daugherty
Birth: December 27, 1903 30 26Claytonville, Fisher, Texas, United States
Death: December 17, 1974Harris, Texas, United States
14 months
younger brother
Lee Earnest Daugherty
Birth: March 8, 1905 31 28Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Death: May 12, 1997Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Belle Daugherty
Birth: January 2, 1908 34 30Pirtleville, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Death: March 31, 2009Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger sister
Seleta Frances Daugherty
Birth: May 9, 1910 36 33Claytonville, Fisher, Texas, United States
Death: December 30, 1928Van Horn, Culberson, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
James Daniel Daugherty
Birth: February 4, 1913 39 35Claytonville, Fisher, Texas, United States
Death: May 28, 1977Duval, Florida, United States
1 year
younger sister
Dorothy Fay Daugherty
Birth: February 8, 1914 40 36Claytonville, Fisher, Texas, United States
Death: February 21, 2002San Marcos, Hays, Texas, United States

Josephine Clara Daugherty has 4 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Matthew Daugherty Jr - Household

ED 97 Claytonville, Fisher, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Daugherty, MattheadMW36M111TXMOAREnglishFarmerGeneral FarmYesYesOFF
Daugherty, Mary SwifeFW23M11144LAGALAEnglishNoneYesYes
Daugherty, JosiedaughterFW8STXTXLANoneYes
Daugherty, LaurenssonMW6STXTXLANone
Daugherty, LeesonMW4SAZTXLANone
Daugherty, Mary BdaughterFW2SAZTXLANone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Matthew Daugherty Jr - Household

Justice Precinct 2, ED 26 Culberson, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Daugherty, MathewheadOFMW47MYesYesTXMOARYesForemanStock RanchW
Daugherty, MarywifeFW42MYesYesLAGAALYesNone
Daugherty, JosephinedaughterFW17SYesYesYesTXTXLAYesTeacherPublic SchoolW
Daugherty, LaurenssonMW15SYesYesYesTXTXGAYesRancherStock RanchEmp
Daugherty, LeesonMW13SYesYesYesAZTXTXYesNone
Daugherty, MarydaughterFW11SYesYesYesAZTXTXYesNone
Daugherty, SeletadaughterFW9SYesYesYesTXTXTXNone
Daugherty, DanielsonMW6SNoYesYesTXTXTXNone
Daugherty, DorothydaughterFW4SNoTXTXTXNone

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Matthew Daugherty Jr - Household

Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Mayes, Earl JheadMW45MarMOWRanchingRanchO
Mayes, Josephine CwifeFW47MarTXWGeneral ManagerLumber YardO
Daugherty, Matthewfather-in-lawMW76WdTXU