The Shemwell Family

Mary E “Mollie” Eversman1854

Name
Mary E “Mollie” Eversman
Given names
Mary E
Surname
Eversman
Married name
Mary E Pearson
Nickname
Mollie
Birth December 1854
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 years)
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 12 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 14 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
Civil marriageGeorge F PearsonView this family
January 23, 1877 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lola B Pearson
December 5, 1878 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#2
Rubie Lola Pearson
1879 (Age 24 years)
Census June 20, 1880 (Age 25 years)
Death of a daughterLola B Pearson
January 5, 1881 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
O B Pearson
February 6, 1888 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#4
George Gregory Pearson
February 1891 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Maybell E Pearson
October 1893 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sonO B Pearson
March 27, 1906 (Age 51 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 55 years)
Death of a husbandGeorge F Pearson
April 14, 1916 (Age 61 years)
Cause: cancer
Burial of a husbandGeorge F Pearson
April 16, 1916 (Age 61 years)

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery, Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 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 62 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 63 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 74 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 87 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 95 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 91 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
Deathunknown

Family with George F Pearson - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 23, 1877Saline, Missouri, United States
22 months
daughter
Lola B Pearson
Birth: December 5, 1878 32 24Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: January 5, 1881Saline, Missouri, United States
13 months
daughter
9 years
son
O B Pearson
Birth: February 6, 1888 41 33Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 27, 1906Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
George Gregory Pearson
Birth: February 1891 44 36Saline, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
Maybell E Pearson
Birth: October 1893 47 38Saline, Missouri, United States
Death:

No family available

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - George F Pearson - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Pearson, G FWM33headMfarmerMOSCNC
Pearson, MollieWF23wifeMMOGermanyKentucky
Pearson, Lola BWF1daughterSMOMOMO
Pearson, Eliza FWF60motherWdNCNCVA
Pearson, HarryWM25brotherSMOSCNC

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - George F Pearson - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Pearson, George FheadWMFeb184654M23MOSCNC
Pearson, Mary AwifeWFDec185445M2364MOGermanyMO
Pearson, Rubie LdaughterWFSep188514SMOMOMO
Pearson, O BsonWMFeb188812SMOMOMO
Pearson, George GsonWMFeb18919SMOMOMO
Pearson, Mabel EdaughterWFOct18936SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George F Pearson - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pearson, George FheadMW64M33MOSCNCfarmer
Pearson, Mary AwifeFW44M3363MOGermanyMO
Pearson, Rubie EdaughterFW23SMOMOMO
Pearson, G GsonMW19SMOMOMO
Pearson, MabeldaughterFW16SMOMOMO