The Shemwell Family

Ellen Sarah WagonerAge: 48 years18781926

Name
Ellen Sarah Wagoner
Given names
Ellen Sarah
Surname
Wagoner
Married name
Ellen Sarah Slisher
Birth August 4, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJohn Henry SlisherView this family
October 26, 1897 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Zadie Rosalind Slisher
July 24, 1914 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Census January 5, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Death November 16, 1926 (Age 48 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Plainview Cemetery
Family with John Henry Slisher - View this family
husband
John Henry Slisher
Birth: September 13, 1874Miami, Indiana, United States
Death: March 3, 1946Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
herself
Ellen Sarah Wagoner
Birth: August 4, 1878Allen, Miami, Indiana, United States
Death: November 16, 1926Macy, Miami, Indiana, United States
Marriage: October 26, 1897Miami, Indiana, United States
17 years
daughter

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Henry Slisher - Household

Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Slisher, John HheadORMW45MYesYesINGermanyGermanPAYesForemanPacking PlantW
Slisher, Sarah EwifeFW42MYesYesINOHOHYesNone
Slisher, WilliamsonMW21SYesYesINININYesPainterR.R. CarsW
Slisher, PaulsonMW17SNoYesYesINININYesLaborerGeneralW
Slisher, CarlsonMW15SNoYesYesINININYesNone
Slisher, DevoesonMW13SYesYesYesINININYesNone
Slisher, CharlessonMW10SYesYesYesINININYesNone
Slisher, Anna MdaughterFW9SYesINININNone
Slisher, RosezadiedaughterFW6SYesINININNone