The Shemwell Family

Katherine “Kitty” EppsAge: 43 years18971940

Name
Katherine “Kitty” Epps
Given names
Katherine
Surname
Epps
Nickname
Kitty
Birth February 21, 1897 23 17
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 months)
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 paternal grandfatherObadiah R Epps
January 31, 1899 (Age 23 months)
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Epps
February 24, 1903 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 September 9, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery
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father
Wallace Josiah “Joe” Epps
Birth: September 1, 1873 33 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: December 30, 1956Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1894Oklahoma, United States
9 months
elder sister
3 years
herself
Katherine “Kitty” Epps
Birth: February 21, 1897 23 17Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 9, 1940St. Louis, Missouri, United States
6 years
younger sister
Ida Epps
Birth: February 24, 1903 29 23Texas, United States
Death: March 13, 2001Austin, Travis, Texas, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Wallace Josiah “Joe” Epps - Household

ED 106 Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Epps, WallaceheadWMSep187227M7MOMOMOTeamster0YesYesYesRH
Epps, EmmawifeWFMar187921M722TXMOTXYesYesYes
Epps, AnniedaughterWFSep18945SIndian TerritoryMOTX
Epps, KittiedaughterWFFeb18964SIndian TerritoryMOTX