The Shemwell Family

Ross Omer RandallAge: 78 years18661945

Name
Ross Omer Randall
Given names
Ross Omer
Surname
Randall
Birth October 9, 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 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 2 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 2 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 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageHettie B MockView this family
about 1890 (Age 23 years)
Note: Marriage info found on findagrave site
Birth of a son
#1
Noble Eugene Randall
January 28, 1895 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 33 years)
Marriage of a childNoble Eugene RandallEdna V CoxView this family
about 1913 (Age 46 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1939 Census
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 granddaughter
#1
Bernice L Randall
June 11, 1917 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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 62 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 wifeHettie B Mock
August 24, 1930 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death May 23, 1945 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery South
Family with Hettie B Mock - View this family
himself
wife
Hettie B Mock
Birth: April 12, 1871Kellogg, Cowley, Kansas, United States
Death: August 24, 1930Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1890Kansas, United States
5 years
son
Noble Eugene Randall
Birth: January 28, 1895 28 23Kellogg, Cowley, Kansas, United States
Death: October 5, 1952Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Marriage
Marriage info found on findagrave site
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Ross Omer Randall - Household

Vernon, Cowley, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Randall, Ross OheadWMOct186633M10OHOHOHFarmer0YesYesYesOMF
Randall, Hettie BwifeWFApr187228M1033KSOHMOYesYesYes
Randall, Everett CsonWMJul18918SKSOHKSAt School7
Randall, BlanchedaughterWFMar18937SKSOHKSAt School7
Randall, Noble EsonWMJan18955SKSOHKSAt School4
Mock, Mary Emother-in-lawWFDec184456WD97MONYPAYesYesYes
Mock, Delora Msister-in-lawWFMay187624SKSOHMOSeamstress6YesYesYes
Mock, Mabie Asister-in-lawWFJul188613SKSOHMOYesYesYes