The Shemwell Family

William D TroutmanAge: 81 years18491931

Name
William D Troutman
Given names
William D
Surname
Troutman
Birth August 9, 1849 28 28
Death of a motherAlmira Lambert
about 1854 (Age 4 years)

Note: Died during the Cholera epidemic of 1854
Marriage of a parentWilliam Ambrose TroutmanMary A BillingsView this family
July 2, 1856 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Ambrose Troutman
January 1858 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a half-brotherArthur Troutman
about 1860 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Ambrose Troutman
January 4, 1866 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 17 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 17 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 19 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 28 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Stephenson
April 11, 1880 (Age 30 years)
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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
MarriageMary E FayView this family
December 12, 1906 (Age 57 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherJames B Troutman
December 9, 1916 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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 February 12, 1920 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Troutman
April 1, 1929 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 80 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 3, 1930 (Age 80 years)
Death February 21, 1931 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Home Cemetery
Note: "Father: William Troutman, born Indiana
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1840Parke, Indiana, United States
15 months
elder brother
James B Troutman
Birth: March 12, 1842 21 21Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: December 9, 1916Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
5 years
elder sister
3 years
himself
William D Troutman
Birth: August 9, 1849 28 28Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: February 21, 1931Wabash, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
Father’s family with Mary A Billings - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: July 2, 1856Carroll, Indiana, United States
19 months
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
Arthur Troutman
Birth: about 1860 39 30Carroll, Indiana, United States
Death:
Family with Mary E Fay - View this family
himself
William D Troutman
Birth: August 9, 1849 28 28Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: February 21, 1931Wabash, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
wife
Mary E Fay
Birth: 1858Missouri, United States
Death: 1938Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage: December 12, 1906Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

William D Troutman has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William D Troutman - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Troutman, WWM30boarderSSaw Mill OperatorIN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James B Troutman - Household

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Troutman, James BheadMW68WdINKYINDetectiveAgency CoWNo0YesYesRH
Troutman, William DbrotherMW60M125INKYINDetectiveAgency CoWNo0YesYes
Troutman, Mary Esister-in-lawFW47M12500MOIrelandIrelandNoneYesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William D Troutman - Household

Indiana State Soldiers Home Wabash, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Troutman, WilliamheadMW70MYesYesINU.S.U.S.Yes
Troutman, Mary EwifeFW61MYesYesINU.S.U.S.Yes

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William D Troutman - Household

Wabash, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Troutman, William DheadNoMW80M57NoYesINININCorporealBuildingWUesCir
Troutman, Mary EwifeFW72M49NoYesMOIrelandINNone

Burial
"Father: William Troutman, born Indiana Mother: Elumira Lambert Brother James Troutman"