The Shemwell Family

Leanah HendersonAge: 73 years18681942

Name
Leanah Henderson
Given names
Leanah
Surname
Henderson
Married name
Leanah Fish
Birth December 25, 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 days)

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 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageLowry FishView this family
April 13, 1889 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Cora Bernice Fish
February 22, 1897 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 7, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/
Marriage of a childValentine Albert CobleCora Bernice FishView this family
June 30, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Paul Valen Coble
November 30, 1923 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death January 7, 1942 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Liberty Cemetery
Family with Lowry Fish - View this family
husband
Lowry Fish
Birth: March 22, 1867Jackson, Indiana, United States
Death: July 15, 1944Norman, Jackson, Indiana, United States
herself
Leanah Henderson
Birth: December 25, 1868Lawrence, Indiana, United States
Death: January 7, 1942Norman, Jackson, Indiana, United States
Marriage: April 13, 1889Lawrence, Indiana, United States
8 years
daughter
Cora Bernice Fish
Birth: February 22, 1897 29 28Norman, Jackson, Indiana, United States
Death: May 1983Whiting, Ocean, New Jersey, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Lowry Fish - Household

Owen, Jackson, Indiana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Fish, LowryheadWMMar186832M11ININVAGeneral Merchant0YesYesYesOFF
Fish, LeanahwifeWFDec186931M1133INININYesYesYes
Fish, OphiadaughterWFOct18918SINININ
Fish, LenyelsonWMSep18945SINININ
Fish, Cora BdaughterWFFeb18973SINININ