Josephine MooreAge: 72 years1854–1926
- Name
- Josephine Moore
- Given names
- Josephine
- Surname
- Moore
- Married name
- Josephine Smith
Shared note: Oliver Smith Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | March 10, 1854 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 years)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 12 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 12 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 14 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 |
 Marriage | Samuel Smith — View this family February 23, 1875 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 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 son#1 | Oliver C Smith January 28, 1879 (Age 24 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Oliver C Smith — Ruth Barnett — View this family November 29, 1902 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Helen June Smith June 15, 1917 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 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 63 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 | May 15, 1926 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bruce Lake Cemetery |
| Family with Samuel Smith |
| husband |
Samuel Smith Birth: November 19, 1854 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 19, 1934 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Josephine Moore Birth: March 10, 1854 — Aubbeenaubbee, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: May 15, 1926 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: February 23, 1875 — Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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4 years son |
Oliver C Smith Birth: January 28, 1879 24 24 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: October 20, 1957 — Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Smith - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Name | Oliver Smith Obituary and Family Listing
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Monday, October 21, 1957
Oliver SMITH, 78, died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday in Woodlawn hospital after a lingering illness. A resident of Kewanna, Mr. Smith was born Jan. 28, 1879, in Union township and had lived in that community his entire life. He was married Nov. 29, 1902, in Kewanna, to Ruth BARNETT, who survives. His parents were Samuel and Josephine MOORE SMITH. Mr. Smith was a retired farmer and a member of the Kewanna Methodist church. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Helen ANDERSON, Kewanna; three grandchildren; one brother, Bert SMITH, Kewanna, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrison funeral home with the Rev. Frank R. CHRUST officiating. Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1957.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85264247/oliver-smith |