The Shemwell Family

Ada Ann Lucretia MartinAge: 67 years18601927

Name
Ada Ann Lucretia Martin
Given names
Ada Ann Lucretia
Surname
Martin
Married name
Ada Ann Lucretia Richardson
Birth May 1, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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
MarriageAndrews J RichardsonView this family
October 5, 1880 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mattie Beulah Richardson
November 15, 1885 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 20, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childRaymond J BarnerMattie Beulah RichardsonView this family
November 19, 1906 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ramona Lee Barner
October 6, 1907 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Charles Merle Barner
September 23, 1909 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Vernon Martin Barner
January 23, 1913 (Age 52 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/
Birth of a grandson
#4
Harold Raymond Barner
November 22, 1921 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Wilbur Melvin Barner
September 27, 1923 (Age 63 years)
Death September 18, 1927 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belle Plaine Cemetery
Family with Andrews J Richardson - View this family
husband
herself
Ada Ann Lucretia Martin
Birth: May 1, 1860Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
Death: September 18, 1927Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: October 5, 1880Harvey, Kansas, United States
5 years
daughter

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Andrews J Richardson - Household

Falls, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Richardson, H AheadWMJun185940M19OHEnglandEnglandFarmer0YesYesYesOMF
Richardson, Ada LwifeWFMay186040M1996SCSCSCYesYesYes
Richardson, Ada LdaughterWFDec188316SKSOHSC6YesYesYes
Richardson, Mollie BdaughterWFNov188514SKSOHSC6YesYesYes
Richardson, Steven FsonWMAug188712SKSOHSCFarm Labor6YesYesYes
Richardson, Melville JsonWMMar188911SKSOHSCFarm Labor6YesYesYes
Richardson, Margret EdaughterWFMay18928SKSOHSC6YesYesYes
Richardson, Eva BdaughterWFOct18945SKSOHSC4YesYesYes
Smith, Margretmother-in-lawWFJune182772WdSCVAVAYesYesYes