The Shemwell Family

Ella Frances FullerAge: 72 years18591932

Name
Ella Frances Fuller
Given names
Ella Frances
Surname
Fuller
Married name
Ella Frances Craven
Birth August 29, 1859
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
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 7 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 7 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 9 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 18 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageGeorge Wesley CravenView this family
February 27, 1882 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven
December 28, 1890 (Age 31 years)
Census 1895 (Age 35 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
Marriage of a childBennett Russell “Ben” CravenMary Pearl TroutmanView this family
March 27, 1912 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Russell Merlin Craven
December 27, 1912 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Dorothy Pearl Craven
March 24, 1915 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 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
#3
Bennett Neal Craven
November 27, 1917 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 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 58 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 granddaughter
#4
Geneva Fern Craven
July 5, 1921 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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
Death of a husbandGeorge Wesley Craven
August 12, 1931 (Age 71 years)
Death January 14, 1932 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Corzine Cemetery
Family with George Wesley Craven - View this family
husband
George Wesley Craven
Birth: September 24, 1857Milan, Ripley, Indiana, United States
Death: August 12, 1931Corbin, Sumner, Kansas, United States
herself
Ella Frances Fuller
Birth: August 29, 1859Dearborn, Indiana, United States
Death: January 14, 1932Corbin, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: February 27, 1882Dearborn, Indiana, United States
9 years
son

No family available

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - George Wesley Craven - Household

Sumner, Atchison, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Craven, George WheadMW37MINFarmer
Craven, Ellie FwifeFW35MINHousewife
Craven, Elma MdaughterFW12SINFarmer's Daughter
Craven, Viola EdaughterFW10SINFarmer's Daughter
Craven, BerlinsonMW9SIN
Craven, Bennett RsonMWVSKS