The Shemwell Family

Grace W McCormickAge: 72 years18671940

Name
Grace W McCormick
Given names
Grace W
Surname
McCormick
Married name
Grace W Smith
Birth September 1867
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 16 months)

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 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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
MarriageJohn Edward SmithView this family
December 2, 1916 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 28, 1920 (Age 52 years)
Census 1925 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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 62 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Edward Smith
1935 (Age 67 years)
Death 1940 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Girard Cemetery
Family with John Edward Smith - View this family
husband
herself
Grace W McCormick
Birth: September 1867Pennsylvania, United States
Death: 1940Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Marriage: December 2, 1916Crawford, Kansas, United States
John Edward Smith + Emma Shummard - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: July 25, 1886Crawford, Kansas, United States
11 months
step-daughter
Florence May Smith
Birth: June 27, 1887 24 25Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: August 27, 1972Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
19 months
step-daughter
Daisy Iona Smith
Birth: January 12, 1889 25 26Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: May 6, 1966Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
20 months
step-daughter
Byrdie Leona Smith
Birth: September 15, 1890 27 28Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: March 9, 1958Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Thressa Floy Smith
Birth: November 8, 1892 29 30Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: July 10, 1968Maricopa, Arizona, United States
7 years
step-daughter
Velma Donny Smith
Birth: February 3, 1900 37 37Walnut, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: July 27, 1987Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household

Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Smith, John EheadOMMW56MNoYesYesINKYKYYesSalesmanPoultry and EggsOA
Smith, GracewifeFW55MNoYesYesPAPAPAYesNone
Colean, WillardstepsonMW16SYesYesYesKSKSPAYesSalesmanGrocery StoreW
Colean, MerrillstepsonMW12SYesYesYesKSKSPAYesNone

CensusUnited States - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household

Crawford, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Smith, J EheadMW62MINNursery
Smith, GracewifeFW52MPAHousewife
Colean, MerlestepsonMW18SKSClerk

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Emma Shummard - Household

Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Smith, John EheadO4500RNoMW67M24NoYesINUnited StatesUnited StatesYesRetail GrocerGrocery StoreOYes
Smith, GracewifeFW62M23NoYesPAPAPAYesSales LadyGrocery StoreNPYes
Coleen, MerilstepsonMW22SNoYesKSPAPAYesDruggistDRug StoreWYes