The Shemwell Family

Maude Lenore WilliamsAge: 77 years18621939

Name
Maude Lenore Williams
Given names
Maude Lenore
Surname
Williams
Married name
Maude Lenore Bennett
Birth September 12, 1862
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageFranklin Evan BennettView this family
June 5, 1896 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 67 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 of a husbandFranklin Evan Bennett
August 1, 1935 (Age 72 years)
Death October 10, 1939 (Age 77 years)
Family with Franklin Evan Bennett - View this family
husband
Franklin Evan Bennett
Birth: November 28, 1858 36 31Indian Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States
Death: August 1, 1935Beach, Greene, Indiana, United States
herself
Maude Lenore Williams
Birth: September 12, 1862Indiana, United States
Death: October 10, 1939Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States
Marriage: June 5, 1896Monroe, Indiana, United States
Franklin Evan Bennett + Amanda E Worley - View this family
husband
Franklin Evan Bennett
Birth: November 28, 1858 36 31Indian Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States
Death: August 1, 1935Beach, Greene, Indiana, United States
husband’s wife
Amanda E Worley
Birth: about 1860Indiana, United States
Death: 1890Hume, Edgar, Illinois, United States
Marriage: August 16, 1878Monroe, Indiana, United States

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