The Shemwell Family

Erastus Hiram BooneAge: 74 years18701944

Name
Erastus Hiram Boone
Given names
Erastus Hiram
Surname
Boone
Birth March 6, 1870
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageAda Sarah LyonsView this family
December 7, 1892 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lovevina Ada Boone
August 4, 1899 (Age 29 years)
Census June 4, 1900 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childWilliam Jennings Bryan ClapperLovevina Ada BooneView this family
September 6, 1917 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Willard Cecil Clapper
April 28, 1918 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 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 47 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
Death July 29, 1944 (Age 74 years)
Obituary
Erastus H Boone Obituary and Family Listing
July 30, 1944 (1 day after death)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thurman Cemetery
Family with Ada Sarah Lyons - View this family
himself
Erastus Hiram Boone
Birth: March 6, 1870Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: July 29, 1944Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States
wife
Ada Sarah Lyons
Birth: December 5, 1876Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: December 7, 1944Mound City, Holt, Missouri, United States
Marriage: December 7, 1892Imogene, Fremont, Iowa, United States
7 years
daughter
Lovevina Ada Boone
Birth: August 4, 1899 29 22Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: November 12, 1976Fremont, Iowa, United States

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Erastus Hiram Boone - Household

Madison, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Boone, Erastus HheadWMMar187030M7NENYINBlacksmith in County0YesYesYesRH
Boone, Ada SwifeWFDec187623M722IAININYesYesYes
Boone, Alford HsonWMOct18972SIANEIA
Boone, Ada LdaughterWFAug18990 years 10 monthsSIANeIA

Obituary
Erastus H Boone Obituary and Family Listing THURMAN—Funeral _ services for Erastus Hiram Boone, 74, were held Wednesday at the Thurman Methodist church and burial was in the Thurman cemetery. He was a resident of Thurman for several years, later moving to Mound City, Mo., where he resided until his death July 30. Mr. Boone was a blacksmith for 50 years, but due to poor health he discon- tinued this work last year. He was married to Ada Sara Lyons Dec. 7, 1892, and 10 children were born to them, four of whom pre- ceded him in death. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Simpson of Kirklin, Ind., Frank at home: four daugh- ters, Mrs. Vina Clapper of Long Mont, Col., Mrs. Rachel McGuire of Oregon, Mo., Mabel Jones and Maycale at home; eight grandsons and one great grandson, one grandson being in service in France. Mr. Boone was a member of the Christian church. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5900165/erastus_hiram-boone
Name
Ada Sarah Lyons Obituary and Family Listing THURMAN —- Funeral services for Mrs Ada Boone 67 were held Monday at the Methodist church conducted by a minister from Mound City Mo Burial was in the Thurman cemetery She was a daughter of Alfred and Jane Lyons and was born near Hamburg. Mrs Boone resided in Thurman for several years and then moved to Mound City with her family where she died She was married to Erastus H Boone and 10 children were born to them four of them and the husband pre- ceding her in death. Surviving are two sons and four daughters: Mrs Vina Clapper of Longmont Col, Simpson Boone of Kirklin Ind, Mrs Rachael McGuire of Oregon Mo, Maycale and Frank Boone and Mrs Mabel Jones of Mound City Mo, 12 grandchil- dren, one great grandson a broth- er Chester Lyons of Friend Neb, and a sister Mrs Allie Garrett of Hamburg https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5900224/ada_sarah-boone