The Shemwell Family

Luella E KirkpatrickAge: 57 years18701928

Name
Luella E Kirkpatrick
Given names
Luella E
Surname
Kirkpatrick
Married name
Luella E Poenix
Birth August 20, 1870
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageDarwin Addison PoenixView this family
November 11, 1888 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Russell Fred Poenix
February 28, 1890 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 19, 1900 (Age 29 years)
Marriage of a childRussell Fred PoenixIsadora Clemenza Ica RouchView this family
November 27, 1911 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Cecil Dale Poenix
September 17, 1912 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 husbandDarwin Addison Poenix
September 3, 1919 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Robert Poenix
October 27, 1924 (Age 54 years)
Death June 4, 1928 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rochester IOOF Cemetery
Family with Darwin Addison Poenix - View this family
husband
Darwin Addison Poenix
Birth: May 8, 1857Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia, United States
Death: September 3, 1919Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States
herself
Luella E Kirkpatrick
Birth: August 20, 1870Eddyville, Wapello, Iowa, United States
Death: June 4, 1928Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: November 11, 1888Kansas, United States
16 months
son
Russell Fred Poenix
Birth: February 28, 1890 32 19Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States
Death: January 6, 1967Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Darwin Addison Poenix - Household

Prairie Green, Iroquois, Illinois, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Phoenix, DarwinheadWMMay185743M12WVWVPAFarmer3YesYesYesRF
Phoenix, LuellawifeWFAug187029M1233IAOHIAYesYesYes
Phoenix, RussellsonWMFeb189010SKSWVIAAt School8YesYesYes
Phoenix, FaydaughterWFNov18918SILWVIAAt School6YesYesYes
Phoenix, EunicedaughterWFJun18936SILWVIAAt School6YesYesYes