Alice Eliza “Anna” GriffithAge: 72 years1858–1930
- Name
- Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith
- Given names
- Alice Eliza
- Surname
- Griffith
- Married name
- Alice Eliza Shemwell
- Nickname
- Anna
 Birth | January 7, 1858 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 3 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 8 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 8 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 10 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Redic Young Shemwell — View this family July 28, 1881 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Don Carlos Shemwell December 6, 1883 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Fountain Murl Shemwell September 21, 1890 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Lillian Birtie Shemwell April 17, 1895 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 8, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a husband | Redic Young Shemwell 1904 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira Staples — Lillian Birtie Shemwell — View this family October 12, 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lillian Beatrice Staples October 28, 1912 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Iola Muriel Shemwell January 19, 1914 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Lucy Anna Shemwell January 8, 1916 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Nevil Wallace Staples June 22, 1917 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 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 59 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 #5 | James Walton Staples October 10, 1923 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 |
| Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 72 years) Address: Living with Son Carlos |
| Census | April 10, 1930 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | April 22, 1930 (Age 72 years) Cause of death: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ebenezer Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Griffith Birth: Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Mary Ann Williams Birth: Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith Birth: January 7, 1858 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1930 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Redic Young Shemwell |
| husband |
Redic Young Shemwell Birth: September 1861 21 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1904 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith Birth: January 7, 1858 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1930 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1881 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Don Carlos Shemwell Birth: December 6, 1883 22 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1947 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years son |
Fountain Murl Shemwell Birth: September 21, 1890 29 32 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 28, 1967 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Lillian Birtie Shemwell Birth: April 17, 1895 33 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1967 |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Redic Y Shemwell - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Anna Eliza Griffith - Household
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Don Carlos Shemwell - Household
Main Street Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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