The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” FrayAge: 28 years18651893

Name
Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray
Given names
Elizabeth Jane
Surname
Fray
Nickname
Lillie
Married name
Elizabeth Jane Roe
Birth July 15, 1865 32 30
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 17 months)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 17 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherDeWitt C Fray
1869 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 years)

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 June 21, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterKatie B Fray
1871 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Zachery Herndon
August 7, 1873 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherJames Thomas Fray
May 11, 1877 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 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 7, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusan Fox
December 21, 1885 (Age 20 years)
Religious marriageDavid Lee RoeView this family
June 16, 1886 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John W Roe
September 1889 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Marie Roe
August 1891 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Myrtle Roe
1892 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Tellen Bland Roe
November 1893 (Age 28 years)
Death December 9, 1893 (Age 28 years)
Cause of death: typhoid fever
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 6, 1853Cooper, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder brother
James Thomas Fray
Birth: November 22, 1853 21 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: May 11, 1877Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
John W Fray
Birth: 1857 24 21Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
2 years
elder sister
Mary Fray
Birth: 1858 25 22Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
5 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
herself
Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray
Birth: July 15, 1865 32 30Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: December 9, 1893Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
5 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Family with David Lee Roe - View this family
husband
herself
Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray
Birth: July 15, 1865 32 30Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: December 9, 1893Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 16, 1886Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
John W Roe
Birth: September 1889 27 24Missouri, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Marie Roe
Birth: August 1891 29 26Missouri, United States
Death:
17 months
daughter
Myrtle Roe
Birth: 1892 30 26Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
23 months
son
Tellen Bland Roe
Birth: November 1893 32 28Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John A Fray - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Fray, John Ahead37MWfarmerMO
Fray, Martha Ewife35FWMO
Fray, James Tson15MWMO
Fray, Benjamin Ason14MWMO
Fray, John Wson13MWMO
Fray, Marydaughter11FWMO
Fray, Henry Gson8MWMO
Fray, Susan Fdaughter7FWMO
Fray, Elizabeth Jdaughter4FWMO
Fray, D W Cson1MWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Susan F Fray - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Fray, Susie FWF16older sisterSMOMOMO
Fray, LillieWF14younger sisterSMOMOMO
Fray, Dewit CWM12younger brotherSfarm helperMOMOMO
Fray, Katie BWF9younger sisterSMOMOMO