The Shemwell Family

Lucy Ann GrayAge: 67 years18661934

Name
Lucy Ann Gray
Given names
Lucy Ann
Surname
Gray
Married name
Lucy Ann Winston
Birth July 30, 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 months)
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 5 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWinston Cary WinstonView this family
November 19, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lucy Gray “Lou” Winston
March 27, 1886 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Daniel Morgan Winston
August 11, 1895 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 1, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Marriage of a childLeeland Stanford ClapperLucy Gray “Lou” WinstonView this family
June 30, 1915 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childDaniel Morgan WinstonRuby Elverta ClapperView this family
January 21, 1916 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Dale Dewett Clapper
October 21, 1916 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#2
Joseph Merriweather Winston
July 11, 1917 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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
Wilma Winston
April 19, 1919 (Age 52 years)
Death of a husbandWinston Cary Winston
July 7, 1919 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Burman Lyle Winston
May 16, 1921 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Harold Keith Winston
October 22, 1923 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Daniel Dale Winston
March 1, 1927 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 63 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 February 6, 1934 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Family with Winston Cary Winston - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 19, 1880Fremont, Iowa, United States
5 years
daughter
Lucy Gray “Lou” Winston
Birth: March 27, 1886 38 19Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: December 4, 1952Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
9 years
son

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Winston Cary Winston - Household

Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Winston, William CheadWMFeb184752M19VAVAVAFarmer0YesYesYesRF
Winston, Lucy AwifeWFJul186633M1977MOCTILYesYesYes
Winston, JamessonWMMar188416SIAVAMOFarm Laborer0YesYesYes
Winston, Lucy GdaughterWFMar188614SIAVAMOAt school5
Winston, Bessie LdaughterWFSept188811SKSVAMOAt School8
Winston, William CsonWMNov18927SKSVAMO
Winston, Daniel MsonWMAug18954SIAVAMO
Winston, Henry CsonWMApr18982SIaVAMO