The Shemwell Family

Nancy Caroline PenningtonAge: 63 years18761940

Name
Nancy Caroline Pennington
Given names
Nancy Caroline
Surname
Pennington
Married name
Nancy Caroline Dicken
Birth December 27, 1876
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageHardy Clemon DickenView this family
November 28, 1895 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 26, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Death of a husbandHardy Clemon Dicken
June 10, 1928 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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 July 17, 1940 (Age 63 years)
Family with Hardy Clemon Dicken - View this family
husband
herself
Nancy Caroline Pennington
Birth: December 27, 1876Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: July 17, 1940Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: November 28, 1895Butler, Missouri, United States
Hardy Clemon Dicken + Malissa Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hicks - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: August 23, 1868
-5 years
step-son
9 years
step-daughter
Hardy Clemon Dicken + Mary Elizabeth Powers - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 3, 1872Butler, Missouri, United States
15 months
step-daughter
Nellie Rosetta Dicken
Birth: May 22, 1873 34 19Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 12, 1962Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
7 years
step-daughter
Mary Ellen Dicken
Birth: December 1879 40 26Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 5, 1946Butler, Missouri, United States
6 years
step-son
3 years
step-daughter

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Hardy Clemon Dicken - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Dicken, Hardy CheadWMMar184159M4ILTNTNFarmer
Dicken, Nancy JwifeWFDec187623M421MOTNIL
Dicken, DewittsonWMApr188416SMOILMO
Dicken, Ollie JdaughterWFMar188812SMOILMO
Dicken, Florence DdaughterWFSept18979SMOILMO