The Shemwell Family

Arthur W MurdockAge: 25 years18931918

Name
Arthur W Murdock
Given names
Arthur W
Surname
Murdock
Birth October 14, 1893
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
MarriageGladys Marie TroutmanView this family
January 27, 1915 (Age 21 years)
Census 1915 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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
Death November 10, 1918 (Age 25 years)
Obituary
Arthur W Murdock Obituary and Family Listing
December 5, 1918 (25 days after death)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 24 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/
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Family with Gladys Marie Troutman - View this family
himself
Arthur W Murdock
Birth: October 14, 1893Fort Riley, Riley, Kansas, United States
Death: November 10, 1918Belfort, Franche-Comté, France
wife
Marriage: January 27, 1915Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States
Herman Dee Couts Sr + Gladys Marie Troutman - View this family
wife’s husband
Herman Dee Couts Sr
Birth: December 2, 1889 26 20Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States
Death: September 12, 1957Alameda, California, United States
wife
Marriage: 1917Jackson, Missouri, United States
21 months
step-son
Herman Dee Couts Jr
Birth: October 10, 1918 28 24Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Death: October 26, 1983Alameda, California, United States

No family available

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - John Ambrose Troutman - Household

Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
J A TroutmanheadMW57MIN
Lurah TroutmanwifeFW58MIN
Chas TroutmansonMW30SIA
Gldis MurdockdaughterFW20MKSFarmer
Arthur Murdockson-in-lawMW22MKS