The Shemwell Family

Ada Catherine KitchAge: 57 years18731931

Name
Ada Catherine Kitch
Given names
Ada Catherine
Surname
Kitch
Married name
Ada Catherine Green
Birth September 28, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJeremiah GreenView this family
November 4, 1891 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Olive Green
January 9, 1904 (Age 30 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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/
Marriage of a childEarl Bert TroutmanMary Olive GreenView this family
November 20, 1922 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Helen Irene Troutman
February 21, 1923 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 September 18, 1931 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Harristown Cemetery
Family with Jeremiah Green - View this family
husband
Jeremiah Green
Birth: July 2, 1871Niantic, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: January 14, 1940Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
herself
Ada Catherine Kitch
Birth: September 28, 1873Niantic, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: September 18, 1931Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: November 4, 1891Niantic, Macon, Illinois, United States
12 years
daughter
Mary Olive Green
Birth: January 9, 1904 32 30Niantic, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: January 31, 1984Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jeremiah Green - Household

Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Green, JerryheadMW38M119ILUnited StatesILEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmEMPYesYesRF
Green, Ada CwifeFW34M11966ILPAINEnglishNoneYesYes
Green, Floyd LsonMW17SILILILEnglishLaborerHome FarmWYesYesYes
Green, Ethel MdaughterFW8SILILILEnglishNoneYes
Green, Mary OdaughterFW6SILILILNoneYes
Green, Marie MdaughterFW6SILILILNoneYes
Green, George WsonMW4SILILILNone
Green, Ruth HdaughterFW3SILILILNone

Name
Mary Olive Green Obituary and Family Listing Mrs. Lawrence M. (Mary O. Green) Sheets, 80, of Decatur died 12:55 p.m. Tuesday (Jan 31, 1984) in Lakeshore Manor Nursing Home. Services in Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home. Burial will be in Harristown Cemetery. Mrs. Sheets was born in Niantic, daughter of Jeremiah and Ada Green. She was a member of First Christian Church. She married Lawrence M. Sheets in 1951. He died in 1983. Surviving are her daughter, Helen T. Landacre of Corpus Christi, Texas; sister, Ethel Swager of Berthoud, Colo.; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Published in the Herald and Review (Decatur, IL) on Thursday, February 2, 1984. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40308468/mary-olive-sheets