Martha Caroline “Mattie” HolmesAge: 58 years1860–1919
- Name
- Martha Caroline “Mattie” Holmes
- Given names
- Martha Caroline
- Surname
- Holmes
- Married name
- Martha Caroline Shemwell
- Nickname
- Mattie
- Married name
- Martha Caroline Smith
- Married name
- Martha Caroline Travis
 Birth | October 2, 1860 |
 Marriage | Henry Clay Travis — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 months)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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage | William Alexander Shemwell — View this family December 24, 1879 (Age 19 years) |
 Census | June 8, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
 Death of a husband | William Alexander Shemwell November 17, 1887 (Age 27 years) |
| Marriage | James A Smith — View this family November 10, 1891 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 18, 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a husband | James A Smith before 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 | August 19, 1919 (Age 58 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Holmes Cemetery |
| Family with William Alexander Shemwell |
| husband |
William Alexander Shemwell Birth: May 11, 1850 30 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 17, 1887 |
| herself |
Martha Caroline “Mattie” Holmes Birth: October 2, 1860 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 19, 1919 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 24, 1879 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with James A Smith |
| husband |
James A Smith Birth: October 1850 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Caroline “Mattie” Holmes Birth: October 2, 1860 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 19, 1919 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 10, 1891 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Henry Clay Travis |
| husband |
Henry Clay Travis Birth: December 17, 1846 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 10, 1934 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Martha Caroline “Mattie” Holmes Birth: October 2, 1860 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 19, 1919 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| James A Smith + Mary E “Polly” Reed |
| husband |
James A Smith Birth: October 1850 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Mary E “Polly” Reed Birth: November 25, 1855 28 21 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 11, 1889 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: October 10, 1880 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Robert L Smith Birth: March 9, 1884 33 28 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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17 months step-daughter |
Roberta “Bertie” Smith Birth: August 12, 1885 34 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 28, 1914 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years step-son |
Milas Roscoe Smith Birth: November 5, 1887 37 31 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 30, 1917 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months step-son |
Clint Randle Smith Birth: March 2, 1889 38 33 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 8, 1966 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| James A Smith + Rebecca E Reed |
| husband |
James A Smith Birth: October 1850 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Rebecca E Reed Birth: about 1856 28 22 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 1879 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 6, 1876 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William Alexander Shemwell - Household
Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James A Smith - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky
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