The Shemwell Family

Martha Wayne KeetonAge: 85 years18541940

Name
Martha Wayne Keeton
Given names
Martha Wayne
Surname
Keeton
Married name
Martha Wayne Scott
Birth May 18, 1854
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)

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 6 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 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 12 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 14 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
MarriageWilliam Evans ScottView this family
October 22, 1871 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#1
Fred E Scott
July 13, 1886 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 9, 1900 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childFred E ScottFlorence BarnerView this family
about 1917 (Age 62 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1920 census and birth of first child
Birth of a grandson
#1
Francis Barner Scott
July 25, 1918 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 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 63 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 75 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 March 15, 1940 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belle Plaine Cemetery
Family with William Evans Scott - View this family
husband
William Evans Scott
Birth: July 4, 1849Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 5, 1940Sumner, Kansas, United States
herself
Martha Wayne Keeton
Birth: May 18, 1854Russell, Wayne, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 15, 1940Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: October 22, 1871Greene, Missouri, United States
15 years
son
Fred E Scott
Birth: July 13, 1886 37 32Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: March 15, 1964Kansas, United States

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

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Scott, William EheadWMJuly184950M29ARINMOFarmerYesOFF
Scott, MarthawifeWFMay185347M291211KYKYKYYesYes
Scott, FranksonWMJune188415SKSARKYFarm Laborer4YesYesYes
Scott, FredsonWMJuly188613SKSARKYFarm Laborer4YesYesYes
Scott, RichardsonWMDec188812SKSARKYFarm Laborer6YesYesYes
Scott, JohnsonWMDec189110SKSARKYFarm Laborer6YesYesYes
Scott, RobertsonWMApr18946SKSARKYYes
Scott, IvansonWMJan18991SKSARKY