The Shemwell Family

Milton Goodell TottenAge: 65 years18651930

Name
Milton Goodell Totten
Given names
Milton Goodell
Surname
Totten
Birth August 8, 1865
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 months)
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 16 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageLula E TeboView this family
October 6, 1886 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Harold Jerry Totten
October 21, 1896 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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
Marriage of a childHarold Jerry TottenMerta J FisherView this family
1918 (Age 52 years)
Note: Marriage info found on findagrave site
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 52 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
#1
Olin Warren Totten
June 14, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Vernadine Louise Totten
December 10, 1922 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 64 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 August 10, 1930 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oxford Cemetery
Family with Lula E Tebo - View this family
himself
Milton Goodell Totten
Birth: August 8, 1865Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States
Death: August 10, 1930Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
wife
Lula E Tebo
Birth: July 21, 1869Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois, United States
Death: September 1, 1953Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1886Washington, Kansas, United States
10 years
son
Harold Jerry Totten
Birth: October 21, 1896 31 27Haddam, Washington, Kansas, United States
Death: April 13, 1970Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Milton Goodell Totten - Household

Grant, Washington, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Totten, MiltonheadWMAug186534M13IANYNYFarmer0YesYesYesRF
Totten, LulawifeWFJul186930M1365ILINILYesYesYes
Totten, Nellie PdaughterWFJun188811SKSIAILAt School7YesYesYes
Totten, Merle MdaughterWFSept188910SKSIAILAt School7YesYesYes
Totten, Glen ASONWMAug18918SKSIAILAt School7
Totten, Harold JsonWMOct18963SKSIAIL
Totten, InfantsonWMSept18981SKSIAIL