The Shemwell Family

Jozella Belle Zora HarrisAge: 51 years18681919

Name
Jozella Belle Zora Harris
Given names
Jozella Belle Zora
Surname
Harris
Married name
Jozella Belle Zora Richmond
Birth about 1868 44 37
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 months)

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
Census October 8, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherNicholas Christian
March 15, 1872 (Age 4 years)
Note: Obituary
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah “Sally” Shemwell
October 1877 (Age 9 years)
Cause: Died of Dropsy
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 19, 1880 (Age 12 years)
Death of a fatherJephthah I Harris
November 29, 1887 (Age 19 years)
MarriageWilliam Lewis RichmondView this family
about 1891 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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
Death of a sisterMary Maltilda “Molly” Harris
September 29, 1902 (Age 34 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam L Harris
October 8, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherPhada Jane “Fadie” Christian
October 19, 1911 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 July 24, 1919 (Age 51 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1847
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Sarah E Harris
Birth: June 27, 1852 29 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 1853Todd, Kentucky, United States
20 months
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
Nicholas Taylor Harris
Birth: November 22, 1863 40 32Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 1938Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
17 months
elder sister
4 years
herself
Jozella Belle Zora Harris
Birth: about 1868 44 37Kentucky, United States
Death: July 24, 1919Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with William Lewis Richmond - View this family
husband
William Lewis Richmond
Birth: November 24, 1870Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 2, 1924Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Jozella Belle Zora Harris
Birth: about 1868 44 37Kentucky, United States
Death: July 24, 1919Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1891Todd, Kentucky, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Jephthah I Harris - Household

Sharon, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Harris, Jephthahead47MWFarmerKY
Harris, Fadiewife40FWKeeping HouseKY
Harris, William Lson21MWFarm LaborerKY
Harris, Henriettadaughter16FWAt HomeKY
Harris, Charles Tson13MWFarm LaborerKY
Harris, Ira Lson12MWFarm LaborerKY
Harris, Nicholasson9MWKY
Harris, Mary Mdaughter6FWKY
Harris, Jozella B Zdaughter2FWKY

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jephthah I Harris - Household

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Harris, Jephthah IWM56headMFarmerKY
Harris, Fadie JWF49wifeMKeeping HouseKYNCKY
Harris, Charles TWM24sonSLaborerKYKYKY
Harris, Ira LWM20sonSLaborerKYKYKY
Harris, Nicholas TWM16sonSLaborerKYKYKY
Harris, Mary MWF15daughterSAt HomeKYKYKY
Harris, Belle JWF12daughterSAt HomeKYKYKY