The Shemwell Family

Henry Clay SprattAge: 72 years18681941

Name
Henry Clay Spratt
Given names
Henry Clay
Surname
Spratt
Birth September 24, 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 months)

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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJosephine FultonView this family
October 8, 1890 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bertha Forestine Spratt
September 4, 1894 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 5, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Marriage of a childLouis Arthur Troutman SrBertha Forestine SprattView this family
May 29, 1913 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Florine Marie Troutman
May 16, 1914 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/
Birth of a grandson
#2
Louis Arthur Troutman Jr
July 10, 1919 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Forest Bert Troutman
June 29, 1924 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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 of a granddaughterFlorine Marie Troutman
August 23, 1933 (Age 64 years)
Death April 4, 1941 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Holy Cross Cemetery
Family with Josephine Fulton - View this family
himself
Henry Clay Spratt
Birth: September 24, 1868Weston, Platte, Missouri, United States
Death: April 4, 1941Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage: October 8, 1890Platte, Missouri, United States
4 years
daughter

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Henry Clay Spratt - Household

South Canon, Fremont, Colorado, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Spratt, Henry CheadWMSep186831M8MOVAVAFireman0YesYesYesOMH
Spratt, JosephinewifeWFSep187326M833MOMOMOYesYesYes
Spratt, Bertha FdaughterWFSep18945SMOMOMO
Spratt, Mima PdaughterWFAug18963SMOMOMO
Spratt, Dewey PsonWMMay18982SCOMOMO