Prof. Horace Luster StitesAge: 70 years1862–1933
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- Prof. Horace Luster Stites
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- Horace Luster
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- Stites
 Birth | August 10, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Fannie Stites 1865 (Age 2 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Bertha Stites July 10, 1874 (Age 11 years) |
| 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 |
 Marriage | Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry — View this family June 15, 1892 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Audrey Maurine Stites November 1, 1893 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ewing Cole Stites February 1895 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a son | Ewing Cole Stites October 10, 1895 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a wife | Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry May 5, 1896 (Age 33 years) |
| Burial of a wife | Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry May 1896 (Age 33 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pilot Grove City Cemetery |
| 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 |
| Marriage | Alma M Cockrell — View this family September 11, 1899 (Age 37 years) |
 Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Hugh Dinsmore Stites September 16, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Helen Stites 1905 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Richard M Stites August 6, 1907 (Age 44 years) |
 Occupation | School Principal 1909 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | April 14, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
 Residence | June 1911 (Age 48 years) |
| 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/ |
| Death of a sister | Bertha Stites May 24, 1919 (Age 56 years) |
| Census | January 23, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
 Divorce | Alma M Cockrell — View this family after February 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| 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 | June 9, 1933 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pilot Grove City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
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Prof. Joseph M Stites Birth: Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Elizabeth Amanda Hail Birth: Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Prof. Horace Luster Stites Birth: August 10, 1862 — Missouri, United States Death: June 9, 1933 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Fannie Stites Birth: 1865 Death: 1944 |
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Bertha Stites Birth: July 10, 1874 Death: May 24, 1919 |
| Family with Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry |
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Prof. Horace Luster Stites Birth: August 10, 1862 — Missouri, United States Death: June 9, 1933 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry Birth: January 13, 1871 Death: May 5, 1896 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 15, 1892 — Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Audrey Maurine Stites Birth: November 1, 1893 31 22 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 21, 1969 — Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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16 months son |
Ewing Cole Stites Birth: February 1895 32 24 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 10, 1895 |
| Family with Alma M Cockrell |
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Prof. Horace Luster Stites Birth: August 10, 1862 — Missouri, United States Death: June 9, 1933 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| ex-wife |
Alma M Cockrell Birth: December 1, 1874 — Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1949 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: September 11, 1899 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Divorce: after February 1920 — |
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1 year son |
Hugh Dinsmore Stites Birth: September 16, 1900 38 25 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 5, 1960 — Oregon, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Helen Stites Birth: 1905 42 30 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Richard M Stites Birth: August 6, 1907 44 32 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 28, 1984 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States |
| Edward Lee Shemwell + Alma M Cockrell |
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Edward Lee Shemwell Birth: February 15, 1873 26 23 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 7, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| ex-wife |
Alma M Cockrell Birth: December 1, 1874 — Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1949 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: September 11, 1893 — |
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15 months step-daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: November 1894 21 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 9, 1917 — Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States |
Prof. Horace Luster Stites has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace L Stites - Household
Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household
Band Street Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household
610 W Boyd Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma
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| Divorce | Horace Stites death certififcate lists his martial status as divorced
1930 US Federal Census listed Alma as divorced. |