The Shemwell Family

Adolph PlagmanAge: 58 years18621921

Name
Adolph Plagman
Given names
Adolph
Surname
Plagman
Birth November 11, 1862
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 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
MarriageJohanna HemmingView this family
October 5, 1904 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Leona Plagman
August 4, 1905 (Age 42 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 May 16, 1921 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pine Hill Cemetery
Family with Johanna Hemming - View this family
himself
Adolph Plagman
Birth: November 11, 1862Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
Death: May 16, 1921Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
wife
Johanna Hemming
Birth: December 18, 1872Hamburg, Germany
Death: May 5, 1964Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
Marriage: October 5, 1904Scott, Iowa, United States
10 months
daughter

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Adolph Plagman - Household

Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Plagman, AdolphheadMW47M16IAGermanyGermany1890EnglishLaborerOdd JobsWYes6YesYesOFH
Plagman, JohannawifeFW37M3555GermanyGermanyGermanyEnglishNoneYesYes
Theed, Ellastep daughterFW18SILGermanyGermanyEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Theed, Hermanstep sonMW17SIAGermanyGermanyEnglishStone CutterMarble WorksWNo0YesYesNo
Theed, Elizbethstep daugjterFW15SIAGermanyGermanyEnglishLaborerHome WorkWNo25YesYesNo
Osnabernigge, Walterstep sonMW11SIAGermanyGermanyEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Plagman, Leonason (s/b daughter)FW4SIAIAGermanyEnglishNoneNoNoNo