The Shemwell Family

Susan OvermyerAge: 78 years18411920

Name
Susan Overmyer
Given names
Susan
Surname
Overmyer
Married name
Susan Hoesel
Birth April 1, 1841
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
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
MarriageJohn Richard HoeselView this family
February 6, 1864 (Age 22 years)
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
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
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
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 son
#1
John Lewis Hoesel
May 7, 1880 (Age 39 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Richard Hoesel
January 3, 1895 (Age 53 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
Census June 16, 1900 (Age 59 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Lewis HoeselCora Vell BruceView this family
May 21, 1901 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Cora Lucille Hoesel
July 24, 1902 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Everett Bruce Hoesel
February 22, 1904 (Age 62 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
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/
Death January 29, 1920 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tippecanoe Township Cemetery
Family with John Richard Hoesel - View this family
husband
John Richard Hoesel
Birth: July 20, 1840Saxony, Germany
Death: January 3, 1895Monterey, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
herself
Susan Overmyer
Birth: April 1, 1841Sandusky, Ohio, United States
Death: January 29, 1920Indiana, United States
Marriage: February 6, 1864Indian Creek, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
16 years
son
John Lewis Hoesel
Birth: May 7, 1880 39 39Monterey, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
Death: March 1, 1957South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Susan Overmyer - Household

Tippecanoe, Pulaski, Indiana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Hoesel, SusanheadWFApr184159Wd31108OHOHOHFarmer0YesYesYesOFF
Hoesel, Frank AsonWMApr187822SINOHOHFarm Laborer0YesYesYes
Hoesel, LouissonWMMay188020SINOHOHFarm Laborer0YesYesYes
Hoesel, Alpha RsonWMAug188217SINOHOHFarm Laborer0YesYesYes

Name
John Lewis Hoesel Obituary and Family Listing John Lewis HOESEL, 76, Culver, lifelong farmer in Pulaski, Fulton and Marshall counties, died Friday morning in Memorial hospital at South Bend after an extended illness. A resident of Culver for the last 22 years, Mr. Hoesel was born in Monterey May 7, 1880, to John and Suzanne (OVERMYER) HOESEL. He was a member of the Lutheran church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Cora V. [HOESEL]; a daughter, Mrs. Lucile IRVINE, Culver; a son, Evert [HOESEL], Culver; a brother, Alpha [HOESEL], Monterey; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services entrusted to Easterday funeral home at Culver. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44213691/john-lewis-hoesel