The Shemwell Family

Jesse Julia TurleyAge: 76 years18641940

Name
Jesse Julia Turley
Given names
Jesse Julia
Surname
Turley
Birth May 9, 1864 32 24
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 2 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 2 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 4 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherJulia Riddle
1873 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice T Turley
March 15, 1875 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 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 brotherHarold Redd Turley
November 12, 1880 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterAlice T Turley
January 19, 1890 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherHarriett Elizabeth Redd
April 5, 1895 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 21, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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/
Death of a fatherTalton Barnes Turley
May 18, 1925 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 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 August 26, 1940 (Age 76 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1861
20 months
elder sister
Lela May Turley
Birth: August 28, 1862 30 22Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: March 30, 1950Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
20 months
herself
Jesse Julia Turley
Birth: May 9, 1864 32 24Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 26, 1940Arrow Rock, Cooper, Missouri, United States
11 years
younger sister
Alice T Turley
Birth: March 15, 1875 43 35Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 19, 1890Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
6 years
younger brother
Harold Redd Turley
Birth: November 12, 1880 48 40Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 16, 1961Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

Jesse Julia Turley has 11 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Talton Barnes Turley - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Turley, Talton BheadWMApr183268WdMOKYMDfarmer
Turley, Jesse JdaughterWFMay186436SMOMOMO
Turley, Harold RsonWMSep188218SMOMOMOfarm laborer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Talton Barnes Turley - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Turley, Talton BheadMW78WdMOKYMDnone
Turley, Jesse JdaughterFW40SMOMOMOfarmer
Turley, May LdaughterFW45SMOMOMOnone