The Shemwell Family

Ruth Ellen DaughertyAge: 66 years18601926

Name
Ruth Ellen Daugherty
Given names
Ruth Ellen
Surname
Daugherty
Married name
Ruth Ellen Fahler
Birth July 26, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 months)

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
MarriagePeter James FahlerView this family
March 6, 1880 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Andrew Oliver “Andy” Fahler
April 1, 1881 (Age 20 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childAndrew Oliver “Andy” FahlerCandace T BarnettView this family
April 23, 1902 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Oliver Earl Fahler
August 31, 1902 (Age 42 years)
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/
Death November 20, 1926 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Star City West Cemetery
Family with Peter James Fahler - View this family
husband
Peter James Fahler
Birth: May 1856Star, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
Death: December 22, 1938Star, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
herself
Ruth Ellen Daugherty
Birth: July 26, 1860Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: November 20, 1926Star, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
Marriage: March 6, 1880Pulaski, Indiana, United States
13 months
son
Andrew Oliver “Andy” Fahler
Birth: April 1, 1881 24 20Pulaski, Indiana, United States
Death: February 29, 1936Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Peter James Fahler - Household

Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Fahler, Peter JheadWMMay185644M20INPAPAFarmer3YesYesYesRF
Fahler, Ruthie EwifeWFJul186039M2085INOHOHNoNoYes
Fahler, Andy OsonWMApr188119SINININFarm Laborer0YesYesYes
Fahler, William LsonWMNov188712SINININAt School6YesYesYes
Fahler, Hovey OsonWMJune18945SINININ
Fahler, Charlie OsonWMFeb18991SINININ

Name
Andrew O Fahler Obituary and Family History FAHLER - Andrew 0., age 55years, be-loved father of Mrs. Estelia Stewart, Beech Grove, Ind.; Mrs. Jean Hicks, Indianapolis, Ind; and Earl Fahler of South Bend, Ind; son of Peter Fahler, Star City, Ind.; brother of Ervin, Lewis, Hovey and Charles Fahler, also survived by four grandchildren, passed away Feb. 25, 1936. Services Monday, 2 p.m. at the home, R.R.1, Box 710, or six houses west of Sherman drive on Shelbyville pike, Burial Washington Park cemetery. Friends invited. LITTLE & SONS SERVICE. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93837532/andrew-oliver-fahler