The Shemwell Family

Joseph Franklin EstesAge: 66 years18801947

Name
Joseph Franklin Estes
Given names
Joseph Franklin
Surname
Estes
Birth August 26, 1880
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriageElsie Agnes SkinnerView this family
September 20, 1906 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hazel Agnes Estes
December 13, 1908 (Age 28 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Marriage of a childFloyd M FullerHazel Agnes EstesView this family
November 23, 1927 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 grandson
#1
Robert George Fuller
January 30, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Donald Eugene Fuller
March 7, 1936 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 August 16, 1947 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Verdon Cemetery
Family with Elsie Agnes Skinner - View this family
himself
Joseph Franklin Estes
Birth: August 26, 1880Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Death: August 16, 1947Richardson, Nebraska, United States
wife
Elsie Agnes Skinner
Birth: October 25, 1878Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa, United States
Death: January 7, 1972Verdon, Richardson, Nebraska, United States
Marriage: September 20, 1906Stella, Richardson, Nebraska, United States
2 years
daughter
Hazel Agnes Estes
Birth: December 13, 1908 28 30Stella, Richardson, Nebraska, United States
Death: January 12, 2006Creston, Union, Iowa, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Franklin Estes - Household

West Muddy, Richardson, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Estes, JosephheadMW29M3ILPAILEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesR
Estes, ElsiewifeFW32M321IAPANYEnglishNoneYesYes
Estes, HazeldaughterFW1SNEILIAEnglishNone
Skinner, Elishafather-in-lawMW68WDPANYNYEnglishOwn incomeYesYes