The Shemwell Family

John Humphrey ParkerAge: 49 years18661916

Name
John Humphrey Parker
Given names
John Humphrey
Surname
Parker
Birth March 8, 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 9 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 9 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
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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
MarriageMayme Lee ShemwellView this family
September 26, 1907 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lucille Maria “Lucy” Parker
June 30, 1908 (Age 42 years)
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Marshall Vance Parker
February 14, 1913 (Age 46 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
Death February 4, 1916 (Age 49 years)
Family with Mayme Lee Shemwell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 26, 1907Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States
9 months
daughter
5 years
son
Marshall Vance Parker
Birth: February 14, 1913 46 25Missouri, United States
Death: August 7, 1974
William J Sherwood + Mayme Lee Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
William J Sherwood
Birth: 1894Evanston, Spencer, Indiana, United States
Death: April 18, 1966St. Louis, Jefferson, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: September 22, 1924
Clemens Domonic Ganz + Mayme Lee Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
Clemens Domonic Ganz
Birth: May 9, 1871Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: August 11, 1952St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: before 1940
William W Plum + Mayme Lee Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: July 5, 1918Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John U Parker - Household

St James, Mississippi, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Parker, John UheadMW43M23ILKYTNFarmerGeneral farm
Parker, Mammie LwifeFW22M1311MOILMO
Parker, Lucille MdaughterFW1-9mSMOILMO