The Shemwell Family

Luella “Ella” TurleyAge: 80 years18571938

Name
Luella “Ella” Turley
Given names
Luella
Surname
Turley
Married name
Luella Webb
Nickname
Ella
Birth March 25, 1857 34 29
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 23, 1860 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Joseph Higgerson
December 25, 1861 (Age 4 years)
Cause: Murdered
Note: Joseph Higgerson was a storekeeper at Turley Bridge on the Lamine River. On Christmas moring of 1861…
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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
Birth of a brotherR E Turley
1865 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 9 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 9 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy I Zachary
1868 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 11 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
Birth of a brotherHenry Turley
February 1870 (Age 12 years)
Census August 5, 1870 (Age 13 years)
MarriageHenry Stanard WebbView this family
1874 (Age 16 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Arthur Lee Webb
April 2, 1875 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Jesse Madison Webb
1876 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Bertha M Webb
1877 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Clay Turley
April 26, 1877 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sonJesse Madison Webb
1878 (Age 20 years)
Death of a daughterBertha M Webb
1878 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Ruble Jones
about 1879 (Age 21 years)
Census June 4, 1880 (Age 23 years)
Death of a motherJane Theresa Higgerson
April 24, 1894 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Edgar Webb
May 1894 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Ella Marie Webb
April 18, 1896 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Marriage of a childArthur Lee WebbStella W BrownView this family
February 3, 1900 (Age 42 years)
Census June 11, 1900 (Age 43 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 sonArthur Lee Webb
1919 (Age 61 years)
Census January 8, 1920 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childOliver C SwanElla Marie WebbView this family
1924 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 72 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 15, 1930 (Age 73 years)
Death February 14, 1938 (Age 80 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 21, 1846Cooper, Missouri, United States
4 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
9 years
younger brother
R E Turley
Birth: 1865 41 37Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
5 years
younger brother
Henry Turley
Birth: February 1870 46 42Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
Family with Henry Stanard Webb - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1874
15 months
son
Arthur Lee Webb
Birth: April 2, 1875 22 18Missouri, United States
Death: 1919Colorado, United States
21 months
son
Jesse Madison Webb
Birth: 1876 23 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: 1878Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
daughter
Bertha M Webb
Birth: 1877 24 19Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: 1878Cooper, Missouri, United States
17 years
son
2 years
daughter
Ella Marie Webb
Birth: April 18, 1896 43 39Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: October 22, 1990Orange, California, United States

Luella “Ella” Turley has 20 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Clay Turley - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Turley, H Chead47MWfarmerMO
Turley, Jane wife42FWVA
Turley, William Eson21MWfarmhandMO
Turley, Marionson19MWMO
Turley, Franklinson15MWMO
Turley, Luelladaughter13FWMO
Turley, R E Tson5MWMO
Turley, Henryson6 monthsMWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Stanard Webb - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Webb, H SWM28headMfarmerMOVAVA
Webb, EllaWF25wifeMkeeping houseMOMOVA
Webb, Arthur LWM5sonSMOMOMO
Webb, StanardWM72boarderWdVAVAVA

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Henry Stanard Webb - Household

Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Webb, Henry SheadWMNov185247M26MOVAKYfarmer
Webb, LuellawifeWFMar185743M2622MOMOVA
Webb, EdgarsonWMMay18946SMOMOMO
Webb, Ellie MdaughterWFApr18984SKSMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Luella “Ella” Turley - Household

Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Webb, LuellaservantFW54Wd52MOMOVAcookhotel
Webb, MariadaughterFW13SKSMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Luella “Ella” Turley - Household

Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Webb, LuellaheadFW63WMOMOVA
Webb, MariedaughterFW22SKSMOMOstenographerwholesale company

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Oliver C Swan - Household

Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Swan, Oliver CheadMW57MMOKYMOchemistpetroleum laboratory
Swan, E MariewifeFW33MKSMOMO
Webb, Louellamother in lawFW73WdMOMOVA