The Shemwell Family

Iva Flavilla JonesAge: 87 years18711958

Name
Iva Flavilla Jones
Given names
Iva Flavilla
Surname
Jones
Married name
Iva Flavilla Edwards
Birth May 4, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCornelius Elmer EdwardsView this family
July 28, 1888 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elizabeth Edwards
March 24, 1893 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 20, 1900 (Age 29 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Marion “Charley” HollenbackElizabeth EdwardsView this family
March 6, 1912 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Vera Ruth Hollenback
January 20, 1915 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Chester Eugene Hollenback
July 2, 1916 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Doris Evelyn Hollenback
February 25, 1919 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Ralph Doyle Hollenback
July 7, 1924 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childMelvin Preston GravesElizabeth EdwardsView this family
April 30, 1928 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Avis Veronica Graves
February 12, 1930 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Shirley L Graves
April 13, 1936 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 78 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death September 20, 1958 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hobbs Cemetery
Family with Cornelius Elmer Edwards - View this family
husband
herself
Iva Flavilla Jones
Birth: May 4, 1871Tipton, Indiana, United States
Death: September 20, 1958Tipton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: July 28, 1888Tipton, Tipton, Indiana, United States
5 years
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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Iva Flavilla Jones - Household

White River, Hamilton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Queer, JamesheadWMJun187029M5INPAINDay Laborer0YesYesYesOH
Queer, Iva FwifeWFMay187129M522INININYesYesYes
Queer (s/b Edwards), Bessie(step) daughterWFMar18937SINININ7
Queer, Doris EdaughterWFSep18990 years 9 monthsSINININ

Name
Elizabeth Hollenback (nee Edwards) Obituary and Family Listing Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard Wednesday, November 9, 1966 Page 9, Column 3 Services for MRS. BESSIE E. GRAVES, 73, of Newport Road, Warners, who died Monday in St. Joseph’s Hospital, will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the B. L. Bush & Sons Funeral Home, Camillus, the Rev. Howard F. Buies officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Warners. Born in Missouri, Mrs. Graves lived in Warners seven years. Surviving are two sons, Ralph Hollenback of West Monroe and Chester Hollenback of Tujunga, Calif.; five daughters, Mrs. Vera Woodward of Warners, Mrs. Doris Young of Adams Center, Mrs. Leonard Egbert of Syarcuse, Mrs. Shirley Graves of Warners and Mrs. Myron Snider of Sulpula, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Leon Carson of Atlanta, Ind., and Mrs. Erwin Miller of Indianapolis, Ind.; 26 grandchildren. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187957658/bessie_elizabeth_graves