The Shemwell Family

Ida Mae AdkinsAge: 55 years18611917

Name
Ida Mae Adkins
Given names
Ida Mae
Surname
Adkins
Married name
Ida Mae Cole
Birth April 24, 1861
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 years)
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 5 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 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 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJames Allen ColeView this family
October 25, 1882 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 son
#1
Donald Dwight Cole
May 24, 1900 (Age 39 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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
Death March 25, 1917 (Age 55 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Marrowbone Township Cemetery
Family with James Allen Cole - View this family
husband
James Allen Cole
Birth: March 5, 1859Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: January 15, 1938Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
herself
Ida Mae Adkins
Birth: April 24, 1861Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: March 25, 1917Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 25, 1882Marrowbone, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
18 years
son
Donald Dwight Cole
Birth: May 24, 1900 41 39Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: January 10, 1971Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Allen Cole - Household

Dora, Moultrie, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cole, James cheadMW51M127ILNCOHEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYes
Cole, Ida MwifeFW48M12798ILOHILEnglishNoneYesYes
Cole, BessiedaughterFW22SILILILEnglishTeacherPublic SchoolWNo20YesYes
Cole, NinadaughterFW20SILILILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Cole, Walter JsonMW18SILILILEnglishFarm HandHome FarmWYesYesYes
Cole, NevadaughterFW14SILILILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Cole, HubertsonMW12SILILILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Cole, Donald DsonMW9SILILILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Cole, Reginal LsonMW5SILILILNone