The Shemwell Family

Ruth Mable GrahamAge: 43 years18971940

Name
Ruth Mable Graham
Given names
Ruth Mable
Surname
Graham
Married name
Ruth Mable Hill
Birth April 18, 1897 24 17
MarriageGeorge G HillView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 months)
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 brotherDurward L Graham
February 8, 1899 (Age 21 months)
Death of a brotherDurward L Graham
June 6, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterBessie Blanche Graham
August 5, 1902 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterMarie “Pid” Graham
December 17, 1904 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterJessie Mae Graham
July 8, 1908 (Age 11 years)
Census May 12, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ruby Gordon Hill
April 6, 1919 (Age 21 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Andrew Tomerlin
July 15, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRuth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell
February 23, 1926 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sisterJessie Mae Graham
January 17, 1927 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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
Birth of a son
#2
Charles Ray Hill
September 3, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Ronnie Eugene Woodruff
October 31, 1937 (Age 40 years)
Death July 15, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pond Run Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1896
16 months
herself
Ruth Mable Graham
Birth: April 18, 1897 24 17Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 15, 1940Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
22 months
younger brother
Durward L Graham
Birth: February 8, 1899 26 19Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 6, 1900Ohio, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger sister
Bessie Blanche Graham
Birth: August 5, 1902 29 22Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 2, 1994Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Marie “Pid” Graham
Birth: December 17, 1904 32 24Kentucky, United States
Death: December 21, 1980Daviess, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger sister
Jessie Mae Graham
Birth: July 8, 1908 35 28Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 17, 1927Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Family with George G Hill - View this family
husband
herself
Ruth Mable Graham
Birth: April 18, 1897 24 17Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 15, 1940Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
son
… … + Ruth Mable Graham - View this family
herself
Ruth Mable Graham
Birth: April 18, 1897 24 17Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 15, 1940Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
daughter

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henry Graham - Household

Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Graham, Thomas HheadMW37M113MSMSIrelandMinerCoal Mine
Graham, Martha BwifeFW30M11354KYKYKY
Graham, RuthdaughterFW12SKYKYKY
Graham, BessiedaughterFW7SKYKYKY
Graham, MariedaughterFW5SKYKYKY
Graham, JessiedaughterFW1-9mSKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henry Graham - Household

Rockport & Cromwell Road Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Graham, Thomas HheadMW47MMSMSIrelandMiningCoal Mine
Graham, Martha BwifeFW40MKYKYKY
Graham, Mable RdaughterFW22SKYKYKY
Graham, Bessie BdaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Graham, MariedaughterFW15SKYKYKY
Graham, JessiedaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Graham, Ruby Ggrand daughterFW9mSKYKYKY