The Shemwell Family

Ida Belle HiggersonAge: 46 years18631910

Name
Ida Belle Higgerson
Given names
Ida Belle
Surname
Higgerson
Married name
Ida Belle Smith
Birth August 1, 1863 27 24
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a sisterEffie May Higgerson
December 18, 1865 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
April 1867 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 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 3 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy I Zachary
1868 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 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 sisterSusan Olive Higgerson
March 1870 (Age 6 years)
Census July 25, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Jackson Higgerson
August 2, 1872 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Zachery Herndon
August 7, 1873 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Herndon Higgerson
October 18, 1875 (Age 12 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusan Fox
December 21, 1885 (Age 22 years)
MarriageEralus Dunn “Dump” SmithView this family
calculated 1892 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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
#1
Mary Venita Smith
April 7, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ray Smith
calculated 1903 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson
February 11, 1903 (Age 39 years)
Address: Near Boonville
Death of a sisterMary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
1904 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Eddie Lee Smith
October 30, 1905 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin Herndon Higgerson
March 3, 1907 (Age 43 years)
Cause: Suicide
Death February 28, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 15, 1856Cooper, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder brother
Charles Edwin Higgerson
Birth: August 9, 1857 21 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 21, 1860Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Martha Ellen Higgerson
Birth: August 11, 1859 23 20Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: March 30, 1860Cooper, Missouri, United States
22 months
elder brother
5 years
younger sister
Effie May Higgerson
Birth: December 18, 1865 30 26Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 10, 1951Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
-2 years
herself
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Susan Olive Higgerson
Birth: March 1870 34 30Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: 1956
2 years
younger brother
James Jackson Higgerson
Birth: August 2, 1872 36 33Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: May 11, 1949Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Benjamin Herndon Higgerson
Birth: October 18, 1875 40 36
Death: March 3, 1907St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Family with Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith - View this family
husband
Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith
Birth: March 4, 1863Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 24, 1944Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: calculated 1892
8 years
daughter
Mary Venita Smith
Birth: April 7, 1900 37 36Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
4 years
son
Ray Smith
Birth: calculated 1903 39 39Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
son
Eddie Lee Smith
Birth: October 30, 1905 42 42Missouri, United States
Death: August 13, 1979Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Higgerson, Col.head31MWFarmingMO
Higgerson, Marywife33FWKeeping HouseMO
Higgerson, Emmitson8MWMO
Higgerson, Idadaughter6FWMO
Higgerson, Effiedaughter7FWMO
Higgerson, “Mollydaughter2FWMO
Higgerson, Not Nameddaughter2mFWMOMar
Riley, Wallace23MWfarm handMO
Morton, Mollie14FWMO
-, William22MWfarm handMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Higgerson, Christopher CWM44headMfarmerVAVAVA
Higgerson, Mary FWF43wifeMMOVAKY
Higgerson, Emmett LWM19sonSfarm helperMOVAMO
Higgerson, Ida BWF16daughterSMOVAMO
Higgerson, Effie MWF14daughterSMOVAMO
Higgerson, Mary EWF12daughterSMOVAMO
Higgerson, Susan OWF10daughterSMOVAMO
Higgerson, James JWM7sonSMOVAMO
Higgerson, Benjamin HWM4sonSVAMO