Louisa Ann “Anna” LegateAge: 82 years1861–1944
- Name
- Louisa Ann “Anna” Legate
- Given names
- Louisa Ann
- Surname
- Legate
- Married name
- Louisa Ann Shemwell
- Nickname
- Anna
 Birth | December 24, 1861 |
 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell — View this family September 7, 1879 (Age 17 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell July 28, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Effie Shemwell April 14, 1884 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Lillie E Shemwell August 1887 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Horace Otto Shemwell August 27, 1889 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mamie G Shemwell May 21, 1892 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Nora Christine Shemwell December 31, 1893 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Zula Montey Shemwell November 17, 1898 (Age 36 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Effie Shemwell March 11, 1910 (Age 48 years) Cause: Pneumonia-Measles-While attending school |
| Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Horace Otto Shemwell — Zelpha Hill — View this family May 4, 1917 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Thelma Dean Shemwell February 28, 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Bynum Bentley Wood — Zula Montey Shemwell — View this family October 5, 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 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 56 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 granddaughter #2 | Vera Cleone Shemwell March 6, 1919 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Presley Bynum “Woody” Wood November 29, 1919 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Lester Lynn Shemwell September 8, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | John Edward Wood September 2, 1921 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Ralph Ewing Shemwell November 26, 1921 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a husband | Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell October 26, 1922 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Joe Werner Wood January 28, 1924 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Constance Christine “Connie” Shemwell November 8, 1925 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Chester Wayne “Pete” Wood September 5, 1927 (Age 65 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 |
| Census | April 9, 1930 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Bruce Keller — Nora Christine Shemwell — View this family November 18, 1935 (Age 73 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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 |
 Death | February 7, 1944 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pinecrest Memorial Park |
| Family with Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell |
| husband |
Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1858 29 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 26, 1922 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Louisa Ann “Anna” Legate Birth: December 24, 1861 — Illinois, United States Death: February 7, 1944 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 7, 1879 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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11 months son |
Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell Birth: July 28, 1880 22 18 — Sherman, Gray, Texas, United States Death: May 14, 1961 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Effie Shemwell Birth: April 14, 1884 26 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: March 11, 1910 — Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Lillie E Shemwell Birth: August 1887 29 25 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 7, 1971 |
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2 years son |
Horace Otto Shemwell Birth: August 27, 1889 31 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 10, 1971 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mamie G Shemwell Birth: May 21, 1892 34 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: June 1984 |
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19 months daughter |
Nora Christine Shemwell Birth: December 31, 1893 35 32 — Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: May 1984 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Zula Montey Shemwell Birth: November 17, 1898 40 36 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 24, 1972 |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene Shemwell - Household
Clay Arkansas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene Shemwell - Household
Kilgore Clay Ak
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell - Household
Higden, Cleburne, Arkansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Louisa Ann “Anna” Legate - Household
1522 West 14th Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Christine Shemwell - Household
2420 Grant Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
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