The Shemwell Family

Marie Miriah “Mimey” ToddAge: 94 years18491944

Name
Marie Miriah “Mimey” Todd
Given names
Marie Miriah
Surname
Todd
Married name
Marie Miriah Arnold
Nickname
Mimey
Birth November 23, 1849
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 11 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 17 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 17 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 19 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
MarriageGeorge Washington ArnoldView this family
December 2, 1873 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 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 son
#1
George Edward Arnold
September 11, 1885 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 6, 1900 (Age 50 years)
Death of a husbandGeorge Washington Arnold
January 15, 1911 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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/
Marriage of a childGeorge Edward ArnoldPhebe Ida TroutmanView this family
about 1928 (Age 78 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 79 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 92 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
Death January 23, 1944 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stockton Cemetery
Family with George Washington Arnold - View this family
husband
George Washington Arnold
Birth: September 7, 1854Coffee, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 15, 1911Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States
herself
Marie Miriah “Mimey” Todd
Birth: November 23, 1849Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: January 23, 1944Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: December 2, 1873St. Francois, Missouri, United States
12 years
son
George Edward Arnold
Birth: September 11, 1885 31 35Cane Hill, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Death: March 14, 1945Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Arnold - Household

Box, Cedar, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Arnold, George WheadWMSep185445M26TNTNTNFarmer0YesYesYesOMF
Arnold, MariawifeWFNov185643M2699TNTNTNYesYesYes
Arnold, LuludaughterWFOct187920SMOTNTNYesYesYes
Arnold, RobertsonWMDec188118SMOTNTNFarm Laborer00YesYesYes
Arnold, JamessonWMJun188316SMOTNTNFarm Laborer00YesYesYes
Arnold, EdwardsonWMSep188514SMOTNTNFarm Laborer4YesYesYes
Arnold, MaydaughterWFSep188811SMOTNTNAt School6YesYesYes
Arnold, ClarencesonWMJun18918SMOTNTNAt School6YesYesYes
Arnold, JewelldaughterWFNov18936SMOTNTNAt School4
Arnold, FrediesonWMApr18964SMOTNTN