The Shemwell Family

Alice Kathern SpencerAge: 69 years18601929

Name
Alice Kathern Spencer
Given names
Alice Kathern
Surname
Spencer
Married name
Alice Kathern Scott
Birth January 11, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam N ScottView this family
November 14, 1883 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Olive Marion Scott
November 24, 1896 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 1, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam N Scott
February 21, 1913 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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/
Marriage of a childHarold Lee SnyderOlive Marion ScottView this family
January 11, 1921 (Age 61 years)
Death June 25, 1929 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Congregational Cemetery
Family with William N Scott - View this family
husband
William N Scott
Birth: May 1856New York, United States
Death: February 21, 1913Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
herself
Alice Kathern Spencer
Birth: January 11, 1860Manchester, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Death: June 25, 1929Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States
Marriage: November 14, 1883Leroy, Calhoun, Michigan, United States
13 years
daughter
Olive Marion Scott
Birth: November 24, 1896 40 36Michigan, United States
Death: July 31, 1979San Bernardino, California, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William N Scott - Household

Leroy, Calhoun, Michigan, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Schott, AndrewheadWMJan182674M50GermanyGermanyGermany184555NAFarmerYesYesYes
Schott, LoiswifeWFjun180268M5086NYEnglandNYYesYesYes
Schott, William NsonWMMay185644M16NYGermanyNYFarmer0YesYesYesF
Schott, Alice Kdaughter-in-lawWFJan186040M1655MINYNYYesYesYes
Schott, Lottiegrand-daughterWFOct188415SMINYMIYesYesYes
Schott, Fortasgrand-sonWMJan188614SMINYMI6YesYesYes
Schott, Waltergrand-sonWMSep188910SMINYMI8YesYesYes
Schott, Olive Mgrand-daughterWFNov18963SMINYMI
Schott, Wesley grand-sonWMjul18990 years 10 monthsSMINYv