The Shemwell Family

Dora Belle HoodAge: 93 years18731966

Name
Dora Belle Hood
Given names
Dora Belle
Surname
Hood
Birth January 18, 1873 35 31
Birth of a brotherThomas Oscar Hood
February 1873 (Age 14 days)
Birth of a brotherWheeler Hood
about 1877 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherAmanda Sauls
before 1879 (Age 5 years)
Note: Assumed she died Before 1879 as Richard remarried in on August 10, 1879
Marriage of a parentRichard Henderson HoodLucinda ThurmanView this family
August 10, 1879 (Age 6 years)
Census June 22, 1880 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMargaret Ellen Hood
February 5, 1885 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherOsburn P Hood
September 21, 1895 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 fatherRichard Henderson Hood
August 15, 1899 (Age 26 years)
Note: Death date timeframe confirmed by application of his son, Thomas, being the Pension's dependent…
Death of a half-sisterMargaret Ellen Hood
May 17, 1912 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 56 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 68 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 76 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 brotherThomas Oscar Hood
February 3, 1954 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 July 15, 1966 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Purdy Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 4, 1868Macoupin, Illinois, United States
19 months
elder sister
Sarah Hood
Birth: about 1869 31 27Chesterfield, Macoupin, Illinois, United States
Death:
4 years
herself
Dora Belle Hood
Birth: January 18, 1873 35 31Viola, Stone, Missouri, United States
Death: July 15, 1966Monett, Barry, Missouri, United States
1 month
younger brother
5 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Lucinda Thurman - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: August 10, 1879Stone, Missouri, United States
6 years
half-sister
Margaret Ellen Hood
Birth: February 5, 1885 47 41Missouri, United States
Death: May 17, 1912White River, Barry, Missouri, United States

Dora Belle Hood has 28 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Lucinda Thurman - Household

ED 26 Polo, Carroll, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hood, Richard HWM39headMYFarmerILTNTN
Hood, LucindaWF35wifeMYKeeping HouseARTNTN
Hood, OskerWM11sonSF LaborerARILAR
Hood, Dora BWF7daughterSARILAR
Hood, WheelerWM3sonSARILAR
Watkins, BenjemineWM16stepsonSFarm LaborerARARAR
Case, CharlesWM12stepsonSxARARAR
William, ThomasWM47otherSFarm LaborerMOTNTN