The Shemwell Family

Lida Morris1861

Name
Lida Morris
Given names
Lida
Surname
Morris
Married name
Lida Large
Birth about 1861
MarriageJoseph D LargeView this family
unknown

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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#1
Frances India Large
September 2, 1896 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 childVictor Fitzgerald BarnettFrances India LargeView this family
1920 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Steele Barnett
August 5, 1922 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Jean B Barnett
September 25, 1924 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Fitzgerald “Jerry” Barnett
September 3, 1926 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 68 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 89 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 daughterFrances India Large
August 11, 1962 (Age 101 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 85 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
Cremation of a daughterFrances India Large
August 1962 (Age 101 years)
Deathunknown

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Frances India Large
Birth: September 2, 1896 35 35Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States
Death: August 11, 1962Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Name
Frances India Barnett (nee Large) Obituary and Family Listing Frances India Large was born in Waukegan, Illinois to Joseph D. Large and Lida Morris (listed on her Texas death certificate). On October 2, 1920, Frances married Victor Fitzgerald Barnett in Chicago, Illinois. Frances and Victor moved to Tulsa so that Victor could work for Richard Lloyd Jones on The Tulsa Tribune. Frances and Victor had three children, Jean Barnett Rowley, Steele Barnett, and Fitzgerald Barnett. According to Victor's obituary, Francis was very active in civic and charitable events in Tulsa. Frances went to Houston, Texas in 1962, to Methodist Hospital, to have a repair to an abdominal aortic anuerism. Four days later, she passed away from a stroke. She was cremated in Houston. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179863294/frances-india-barnett