The Shemwell Family

Emma ShummardAge: 71 years18621934

Name
Emma Shummard
Given names
Emma
Surname
Shummard
Married name
Emma Smith
Married name
Emma Martin

Emma Shumard

Name
Emma Shumard
Given names
Emma
Surname
Shumard
Married name
Emma Smith
Birth April 27, 1862 26 26
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 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 11, 1880 (Age 18 years)
MarriageJohn Edward SmithView this family
July 25, 1886 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Florence May Smith
June 27, 1887 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Daisy Iona Smith
January 12, 1889 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Byrdie Leona Smith
September 15, 1890 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Thressa Floy Smith
November 8, 1892 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
#5
Velma Donny Smith
February 3, 1900 (Age 37 years)
Census June 22, 1900 (Age 38 years)
Census 1905 (Age 42 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ann Ware
February 12, 1912 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 9, 1920 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childRussell Jay BarnettVelma Donny SmithView this family
about 1923 (Age 60 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census
MarriageJames Madison MartinView this family
February 14, 1925 (Age 62 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam T Shumard
December 1, 1927 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 67 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
Census April 11, 1930 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
William Thomas Barnett
July 9, 1931 (Age 69 years)
Death April 4, 1934 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Girard Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
William T Shumard
Birth: July 25, 1835Clermont, Ohio, United States
Death: December 1, 1927Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Elizabeth Ann Ware
Birth: July 19, 1835Clermont, Ohio, United States
Death: February 12, 1912Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Marriage: October 15, 1859Clermont, Ohio, United States
3 years
herself
Family with John Edward Smith - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 25, 1886Crawford, Kansas, United States
11 months
daughter
Florence May Smith
Birth: June 27, 1887 24 25Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: August 27, 1972Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
19 months
daughter
Daisy Iona Smith
Birth: January 12, 1889 25 26Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: May 6, 1966Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
20 months
daughter
Byrdie Leona Smith
Birth: September 15, 1890 27 28Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: March 9, 1958Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
daughter
Thressa Floy Smith
Birth: November 8, 1892 29 30Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: July 10, 1968Maricopa, Arizona, United States
7 years
daughter
Velma Donny Smith
Birth: February 3, 1900 37 37Walnut, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: July 27, 1987Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States
Family with James Madison Martin - View this family
husband
James Madison Martin
Birth: December 10, 1863Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: January 9, 1944Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, United States
herself
Marriage: February 14, 1925Clermont, Ohio, United States
John Edward Smith + Grace W McCormick - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Grace W McCormick
Birth: September 1867Pennsylvania, United States
Death: 1940Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Marriage: December 2, 1916Crawford, Kansas, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William T Shumard - Household

Buckhart, Christian, Illinois, United State

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Shumard, WilliamWM44headMFarmerOHOHOH
Shumard, ElizabethWF44wifeMKeeps HomeOHNJOH
Shumard, HomerWM19sonSOHOHOH
Shummard, EmmaWF18daughterOHOHOH
Shumard, EdwardWM14sonOHOHOH
Shumard, HarryWM10sonILOHOH
Shumard, ArthurWM3ILOHOH

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household

Walnut, Crawford, Kansas, United State

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Smith, John EheadWMJan186337M14INKYKYMerchantYesYesYesRH
Smith, EmmawifeWFApr186238M1455OHOHOHYesYesYes
Smith, Florine MdaughterWFJun188712SKSINOH8YesYesYes
Smith, Daisy IdaughterWFJan188911SKSINOH8YesYesYes
Smith, Byrdie LdaughterWFSep18909SKSINOH8
Smith, Thressa FdaughterWFNov18927SKSINOH8
Smith, Velma DdaughterWFFeb19000 years 3 monthsSKSINOH
Meller, GisinaservantWFFeb188218SKSGermanyGermanyYesYesYes

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household

Cowley, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Smith, John EheadMW43MINMerchant
Shummard, EmmawifeFW43MOHHousewife
Smith, FlorencedaughterFW17SKSClerk
Smith, DaisydaughterFW16SKSStudent
Smith, BirdiedaughterFW14SKSStudent
Smith, ThressadaughterFW12SKSStudent
Smith, VelmadaughterFW5SKS

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household

Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Smith, John EheadMW48M123INKYKYEnglishMerchantGroceryEmpYesYes
Smith, EmmawifeFW48M12355OHOHOHEnglishNoneYesYes
Smith, Florence MdaughterFW22SKSINOHEnglishSales LadyDry Goods StoreWNo0YesYes
Smith, Birdie LdaughterFW19SKSINOHEnglishSales LadyCandy StoreWNo0YesYesNo
Smith, Thressa FdaughterFW17SKSINOHEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Smith, Velma DdaughterFW10SKSINOHEnglishNoneYesYesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Emma Shummard - Household

Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shumard, HarryheadrMW50SYesYesILOHOHYesMillwrightMillW
Smith, EmmasisterFW57DYesYesOHOHOHYesNone
Smith, Velma DnieceFW19SYesYesYesKSUnited StatesOHYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Madison Martin - Household

Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Martin, James MheadO3000RMW66M21NoYesILKYKYYesLaborerFarmingWYes
Martin, EmmawifeFW67M24NoYesOHOHOHYesNone

Name
Florence Pulford (nee Smith) Obituary and Family Listing MRS. W.M. PULFORD Mrs. W.M. (Florence) Pulford, 85, 824 W. Randolph, died in a local nursing home Thursday morning following a period of ill health. She was born June 27, 1887, in Girard, Kan. and came to Oklahoma in 1926. She was married to W.M. Pulford on Nov. 15, 1911, and he preceded her in death in 1964. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. member of the Women’s Bible Class, and member of the Ladies Canasta Club. Funeral services for Mrs. Pulford will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel of the Ladusau-Evans Funeral | Home, with Dr. Leslie G. Everitt Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Pulford is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Howard (Wilma) Record of Enid, Mrs. K.S. (Helen Jean) Blanchard of Midland, Tex.; one son, Dale Pulford of Oklahoma City; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Velma Barnett of. Nevada. Missouri. Oklahoma, Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-B3P5-VF8R?i=842&cc=4373179