The Shemwell Family

Lush HesterAge: 89 years18701960

Name
Lush Hester
Given names
Lush
Surname
Hester
Birth September 1870 28 28
Birth of a brotherEber Everett Hester
August 26, 1872 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherMaon Hester
July 18, 1874 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherLt. Abot Hester
July 28, 1878 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Floyd
August 21, 1878 (Age 7 years)
Cause: Rheumatic fever
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 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 15, 1880 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell
November 4, 1880 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Brownhouse
June 10, 1881 (Age 10 years)
MarriageMary Frances “Marie” HumeView this family
July 9, 1893 (Age 22 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames H Hester
January 3, 1895 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Maud Ella Hester
September 30, 1896 (Age 26 years)
Military
Army
May 24, 1897 (Age 26 years)
Military
Deserted
August 15, 1897 (Age 26 years)
Note: Deserted from 10th Infantry Company B
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 brotherLt. Abot Hester
January 13, 1903 (Age 32 years)
Cause: Cholera
Death of a brotherBruce “Ruse” Hester
June 27, 1909 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 motherAlmira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell
December 12, 1920 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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 of a fatherJohn Wesley Hester
March 17, 1935 (Age 64 years)

Death of a brotherMaon Hester
1938 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a wifeMary Frances “Marie” Hume
November 10, 1952 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a brotherEber Everett Hester
June 5, 1960 (Age 89 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death June 7, 1960 (Age 89 years)

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Family with parents - View this family
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
himself
2 years
younger brother
23 months
younger brother
Maon Hester
Birth: July 18, 1874 32 32Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1938Oklahoma, United States
4 years
younger brother
Lt. Abot Hester
Birth: July 28, 1878 36 36Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 13, 1903Masbate, Philippines
Family with Mary Frances “Marie” Hume - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: July 9, 1893Logan, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
daughter
Maud Ella Hester
Birth: September 30, 1896 26 20Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 29, 1981Sacramento, California, United States
Albert Thomas Banyard + Mary Frances “Marie” Hume - View this family
wife’s husband
Albert Thomas Banyard
Birth: August 3, 1872Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States
Death: January 24, 1925Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
wife
Marriage: June 30, 1917Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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

Military
Deserted from 10th Infantry Company B
Death
No Sources