The Shemwell Family

Nancy HizerAge: 94 years18411935

Name
Nancy Hizer
Given names
Nancy
Surname
Hizer
Married name
Nancy Widick
Birth March 8, 1841 20 20
Birth of a brotherAlfred Hizer
1843 (Age 21 months)
Death of a motherElizabeth “Betsy” Troutman
April 1845 (Age 4 years)
Marriage of a parentAaron HizerMatilda Ann SmithView this family
August 31, 1845 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Census September 10, 1850 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMichael A Troutman
May 24, 1852 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah D Campbell
August 25, 1856 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDaniel P Hizer
1857 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Hizer
February 15, 1858 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 6, 1860 (Age 19 years)
Census June 19, 1860 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherAlfred Hizer
August 9, 1864 (Age 23 years)
Note: Pvt Alfred Hizer was Killed in Action during The United States Civil War.
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 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
MarriageJohn Cox WidickView this family
March 8, 1866 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Effie Florence Widick
December 18, 1866 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 25 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 25 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#2
Arthur Buck Widick
July 19, 1869 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 27 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
Census July 24, 1870 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Ira Widick
February 28, 1871 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sonIra Widick
March 17, 1871 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Roy Emanuel Widick
October 23, 1878 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 36 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 daughter
#5
Elizabeth Ann Widick
June 1880 (Age 39 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 39 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Agnes Burns
April 27, 1884 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Mabel Widick
September 22, 1884 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childArthur Buck WidickMargaret Jane “Jennie” ShafferView this family
May 23, 1894 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Leroy Arthur Widick
August 2, 1896 (Age 55 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Cox Widick
November 23, 1896 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Clarence Edward Widick
January 3, 1898 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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 granddaughter
#3
Irene Widick
February 24, 1899 (Age 57 years)
Census June 4, 1900 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick
November 7, 1900 (Age 59 years)
Death of a fatherAaron Hizer
October 24, 1901 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Helen Louisa Widick
September 22, 1904 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childPeter A French StowersEffie Florence WidickView this family
November 18, 1904 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childRoy Runnels GreenMabel WidickView this family
July 26, 1905 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
John Henry Green
August 25, 1906 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Evelyn Widick
March 25, 1907 (Age 66 years)
Marriage of a childFrank Bennett KellyElizabeth Ann WidickView this family
May 15, 1908 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Mary Beatrice Kelly
January 12, 1909 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Paul Widick Green
April 24, 1909 (Age 68 years)
Death of a granddaughterEvelyn Widick
January 1, 1910 (Age 68 years)
Census May 17, 1910 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Beula Evelyn Green
January 8, 1911 (Age 69 years)
Death of a half-brotherDaniel P Hizer
1911 (Age 69 years)
Burial of a half-brotherDaniel P Hizer
1911 (Age 69 years)

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Burial Details Unknown
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Margaret Jane Widick
September 16, 1912 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 74 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 grandson
#12
Eugene Shaffer Widick
November 21, 1918 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 75 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 76 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 13, 1920 (Age 78 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Ervin Herbert Green
December 24, 1920 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Hizer
October 28, 1921 (Age 80 years)
Death of a granddaughterBeula Evelyn Green
March 24, 1928 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 88 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 17, 1930 (Age 89 years)
Will
Nancy Widick (nee Hizer) Last Will and Testament
September 10, 1934 (Age 93 years)
Death October 31, 1935 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blackwell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Elizabeth “Betsy” Troutman
Birth: about 1821 29 27Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 1845Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: January 1, 1840Fulton, Indiana, United States
-2 months
elder sister
16 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
Alfred Hizer
Birth: 1843 22 22Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: August 9, 1864Georgia, United States
Father’s family with Matilda Ann Smith - View this family
father
step-mother
Matilda Ann Smith
Birth: June 28, 1824 25 17Indiana, United States
Death: November 24, 1873Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: August 31, 1845Fulton, Indiana, United States
12 years
half-brother
Family with John Cox Widick - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: March 8, 1866Macon, Illinois, United States
9 months
daughter
Effie Florence Widick
Birth: December 18, 1866 27 25Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: about 1943Kay, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
son
19 months
son
Ira Widick
Birth: February 28, 1871 32 29Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: March 17, 1871Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
8 years
son
Roy Emanuel Widick
Birth: October 23, 1878 39 37Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: 1957Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma, United States
20 months
daughter
Elizabeth Ann Widick
Birth: June 1880 41 39Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
Death: January 27, 1962Montgomery, Kansas, United States
4 years
daughter
Mabel Widick
Birth: September 22, 1884 45 43Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: December 6, 1945Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Aaron Hizer - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Aaron Hizerhead29MW1000IN
Matilda Hizerwife26FWIN
Sarah Elizabeth Hizerdaughter10FWINx
Nancy Hizerdaughter9FWINx
Alfred Hizerson7MWINx
Naoma Hizerdaughter2FWIN
Harriet Hizerdaughter1FWIN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Bruce - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Daniel Brucehead23MWFarmer600600PA
Sarah Elizabeth Brucewife19FWIN
Naomi Ella Brucedaughter1FWIN
Nancy Hizersister-in-law17FWSchool TeacherIN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Aaron Hizer - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Aaron Hizerhead40MWFarmer3500500IN
Matilda Hizerwife36FWOH
Nancy Hizerdaughter18FWSchool TeacherINx
Alfred Hizerson16MWINx
Nanna Hizerdaughter12FWINx
Harriet Hizerdaughter10FWINx
John Hizerson9MWINx
Henry Hizerson6MWIN
Louisa Hizerdaughter4FWIN
Daniel Hizerson3MWIN

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Cox Widick - Household

Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Widick, Johnhead30MWFarmer60003000IL
Widick, Nancywife29FWHouse KeeperIN
Widick, Effiedaughter3FWIL
Widick, Arthurson1MWIL

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Cox Widick - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Widick, JohnWM41headMFarmerILKYTN
Widick, NancyWF39wifeMKeeping HouseININKY
Widick, EffieWF13daughterSAt HomexILILIN
Widick, ArthurWM10sonSAt HomexILILIN
Widick, RoyWM1sonSKSILIN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Hizer - Household

Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Widick, NancyheadWFMar184258Wd65INININFarmer0YesYesYesOFF
Widick, E FdaughterWFDec186732SILILINTeacher ? School4YesYesYes
Widick, RoysonWMOct187920SKSILINFarm Laborer0YesYesYes
Widick, LizziedaughterWFJun188019SKSILINAt School6YesYesYes
Widick, MabeldaughterWFSep188316SKSILINAt School6YesYesYes

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Hizer - Household

Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Green, Roy RheadMW28M4MOMOMO
Green, MabelwifeFW25M4KSILIN
Green, John Hson
Green, Paul Widick son
Widick, Nancymother-in-lawFW69Wd4465INININ

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Peter A French Stowers - Household

Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Stowers, French RheadOMMW61MYesYesVAVAVAYesFarmerGeneralOA
Stowers, Effie FwifeFW53MYesYesILILINYesNone
Widick, Nancymother-in-lawFW77MYesYesINININYesNone
Widick, Roybrother-in-lawMW41SYesYesKSILINYesLAborerFarmW

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Peter A French Stowers - Household

Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Stowers, FrenchheadOYesYesMW72WDNoYesVAVAVAYesFarmerFarmOYes
Widick, RoylodgerMW51SNoYesKSKSKSYesLaborerGeneral FarmWYes
Wright. RebbieservantFW20SNoYesOKKSKSYesServantPrivate HomeWYes
Widick, Nancymother-in-lawFW88WDNoYesKSOHKSYesNone

Will
Nancy Widick (nee Hizer) Last Will and Testament I , Nancy Widdick , of Blackwell , Oklahoma , being now in sound mind , and in reasonable health at my age , and being desirous of disposing of my pro perty and affairs while I am able so to do , therefore , I do hereby make , publish and declare the following to be my last will and testament , hereby revoking and cancelling all other or former wills by me at any time made. ( 1 ) I direct the payment of all of my just debts and fuenral expense is as soon after my death as my Executrix hereinafter named can conveniently pay the same. ( 2 ) I give and devise unto my son , Roy Widick my Eighty ( 80 ) acre farm which is located about three miles south of Braman , Oklahoma he to have and enjoy the same so long as he shall live , but with the restriction that the same shall not be mortgaged nor sold , or otherwise encumbered during his life time meaning , that he have and enjoy a life estate in said land them , at his death , it is my will that said land shall go to my daughters , namely : Effie Stowers ; Elizabeth Kelly , and Mabel Green , they to share alike , or , in the event of the death of any of them , then to the survivor or survivors. ( 3 ) It is my further will that my son Arthur Widick , take nothing by reason of this will , as he has already received such interests as I desire him to have and besides , there remains further expenses of my last sickness and burial , that I deem it only just and right in making these provisions as I have , and to all concerned. ( 4 ) It is my further will that my son Roy Widick , be , and he is hereby bequeathed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars , ( $ 500.00 ) the same to be used for his benefit , but in this connection , I desire that the First National Bank , of Blackwell , Oklahoma act , and they are hereby designated as the Trustee of said funds , they to receive the same from the Executrix , and to invest same , or put out in good interest bearing securities , as they may think good and worth while and said Trustee is hereby authorized and dir- ected to pay unto the said Roy Widick , the sum of Ten ( $ 10. 00 ) dollars per month so long as said funds shall last , and when the same is exhausted to make report thereof , to Effie Widdick , or Mabel Green , or Elizabeth Kelly , his sisters , or to the Judge of the County Court of Kay County , O. lahoma , and thereafter said Trustee will be considered as discharged as to such further funds the report having been accepted by such person or persons as true and correct. ( 5 ) It is further provided by this my last will and testament , that said Trustee shall have the authority to pay the taxes out of such funds in event that the said Roy Widick , do not pay the same , and in such event , is to be charged against said funds . And in the event after said funds are exhausted by reasons of having been paid out that the taxes on the said land is not paid that any one or more of the heirs shall have the authority and right to compel the payment of such taxes if not paid by said beneficiary Roy Widick , within a reasonable time when they are due , or to become due , by instituting such action as may be necessary to in sure payment of said taxes unpaid. ( 6 ) All the rest , residue and remainder of my property of every kind and nature and wherever situated I give and devise and bequeath the same unto my three ( 3 ) daughters , namely : Effie Stowers ; Elizabeth Kelly , and Mabel Green , share and share alike , with the further provision , that if any of said daughters be dead and have left no issue , then their respective share to go to the survivor or survivors share alike . In event that Roy Widick , should marry and leave a child or children , then said land is to descend to such issue and not to the Sisters as provided in paragraph Two ( 2 ) of this will. ( 7 ) I hereby appoint and designate my daughter Effie Stowers , sole Executrix , she to serve without bond of this my last will and testament . ( 8 ) In witness whereof , I , Nancy Widick , have to this my last will and testament consisting of two sheets of typewritten paper , subscribed my name this 10th day of September , A. D. 1934 , at Blackwell , Oklahoma . Nancy Widick Subscribed by Nancy Widick , in the presence of each of us the under signed , and at the same time declared by Nancy Widdick , to us , to be her last will and testament , and we thereupon , at the request of Nancy Widick , in her presence and in the presence of each other , sign our names hereto as witnesses this 10th day of September A. D. 1934 , at Blackwell , Oklahoma . Low Sham or Blackwell , Oklahoma Roy Peter Lashaw Blackwell Oklahoma Blackwell Alabama https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897G-P6V5?view=fullText&keywords=Widick&groupId=TH-1951-32183-11729-78 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97G-597J-R?view=fullText&keywords=Widick&groupId=TH-1951-32183-11729-78
Name
Aaron Hizer Obituary and Family Listing The Rochester Sentinel - 1901 Tuesday, October 29, 1901 After a year’s illness from Brights disease Aaron HIZER, Sr., one-of the first settlers of Wayne township died Thursday evening near Grass Creek aged 81 years. He was the father of seventeen children and his aged wife still lives. Funeral was Sunday; Rev. J. B. BAIR. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35404019/aaron-hizer