The Shemwell Family

Lt. Abot HesterAge: 24 years18781903

Name
Lt. Abot Hester
Name prefix
Lt.
Given names
Abot
Surname
Hester
Birth July 28, 1878 36 36
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Floyd
August 21, 1878 (Age 24 days)
Cause: Rheumatic fever
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 22 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell
November 4, 1880 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Brownhouse
June 10, 1881 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames H Hester
January 3, 1895 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Military
Army
between 1900 and 1903 (Age 21 years)

Census June 1, 1900 (Age 21 years)

Death January 13, 1903 (Age 24 years)
Cause of death: Cholera
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Granite City Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 29, 1865Todd, Kentucky, United States
17 months
elder brother
Bruce “Ruse” Hester
Birth: April 27, 1867 25 25Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 27, 1909Granite, Greer, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
23 months
elder brother
Maon Hester
Birth: July 18, 1874 32 32Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1938Oklahoma, United States
4 years
himself
Lt. Abot Hester
Birth: July 28, 1878 36 36Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 13, 1903Masbate, Philippines

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Hester - Household

Sharon Grove Todd Ky

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
John W HesterWM37headMFarmerTNNCVA
Almira C HesterWF37wifeMKeeping houseKYKYKY
Ruse HesterWM13sonSKYTNKY
Lush HesterWM10sonSKYTNKY
Eber HesterWM7sonSKYTNKY
Abot HesterWM2sonSKYTNKY