Lula Jane HopkinsAge: 87 years1883–1971
- Name
- Lula Jane Hopkins
- Given names
- Lula Jane
- Surname
- Hopkins
- Married name
- Lula Jane Shemwell
 Birth | April 5, 1883 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 |
 Religious marriage | Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell — View this family April 2, 1905 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Ruff Hopkins Shemwell April 11, 1907 (Age 24 years) |
 Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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/ |
| Birth of a son #2 | Max Oliver Shemwell April 11, 1919 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 46 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 |
| Census | April 16, 1930 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jack David Shemwell April 16, 1942 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 |
| Census | April 14, 1950 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 66 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Max Oliver Shemwell Jr. March 25, 1958 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a husband | Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell April 3, 1966 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 |
| Doniphan School Brd | Served Note: 1st women to serve Doniphan School Brd. |
| Founder | Founder Note: Ripley County Library |
 Death | February 21, 1971 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Doniphan Oak Ridge Cemetery |
| Family with Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell |
| husband |
Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell Birth: January 3, 1880 24 19 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 3, 1966 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Lula Jane Hopkins Birth: April 5, 1883 — Polk, Missouri, United States Death: February 21, 1971 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 2, 1905 — Ganes Ferry, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Ruff Hopkins Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1907 27 24 — Missouri, United States Death: September 26, 1987 — Texas, United States |
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12 years son |
Max Oliver Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1919 39 36 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: May 14, 2005 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson Shemwell - Household
Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson Shemwell - Household
Young St. Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson Shemwell - Household
West Doniphan Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell - Household
Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell - Household
105 Jackson Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri
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| Founder | Ripley County Library |