The Shemwell Family

Clara DentAge: 80 years18391919

Name
Clara Dent
Given names
Clara
Surname
Dent
Married name
Clara Holland
Note: 1880 has her & daughter as Clarissa(only instance). -b
Birth May 22, 1839 39 27
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageShandy Walker HollandView this family
August 28, 1856 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas W “Tom” Holland
March 11, 1859 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 28, 1860 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Adeline “Addie” Holland
January 31, 1862 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Clara Isabelle Holland
April 8, 1864 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 years)

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 son
#4
John Fletcher Holland
September 15, 1866 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 27 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 27 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#5
Landrine Robert S Holland
December 22, 1868 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 29 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
Census August 29, 1870 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherMary Jamison
June 29, 1875 (Age 36 years)

Death of a fatherJosiah Dent
November 9, 1875 (Age 36 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 38 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 7, 1880 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childThomas W “Tom” HollandMartha E “Matt” GentryView this family
October 7, 1880 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childEthan Hannibal LacyMary Adeline “Addie” HollandView this family
December 23, 1880 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Lola Bell Lacy
March 1, 1883 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Charles Landern “Charlie” Holland
March 19, 1883 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Allen StewartClara Isabelle HollandView this family
October 11, 1883 (Age 44 years)
Death of a sonLandrine Robert S Holland
December 18, 1883 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Ada Ethel “Addie” Stewart
August 1, 1884 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Shandy Holland Lacy
January 28, 1886 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
John W Holland
March 1886 (Age 46 years)
Note: The birth register lists the sex of the child as "female". Believe this is an error.
Birth of a grandson
#6
Homer Holland Stewart
February 8, 1887 (Age 47 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn W Holland
1888 (Age 48 years)
Death of a grandsonShandy Holland Lacy
October 26, 1888 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Gentry Nadine Holland
March 1889 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Fletcher HollandMartha Lillie GoodmanView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 24, 1890 (Age 51 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
Ora Ernest Stewart
February 9, 1891 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Elvin Milton Lacy
March 24, 1892 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Clyde Estelle Holland
August 6, 1892 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Edna Holland
December 1, 1892 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Artie Glenn Stewart
January 19, 1893 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Roy Lester Holland
July 2, 1894 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Elizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland
February 24, 1895 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
John Leonard “Lennie” Holland
December 18, 1895 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
Shandy Allen Stewart
December 22, 1896 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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
Death of a granddaughterEdna Holland
January 10, 1899 (Age 59 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#17
Ada B Holland
February 1900 (Age 60 years)
Census June 23, 1900 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#18
Clara Mary Holland
October 22, 1901 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sonJohn Fletcher Holland
November 22, 1906 (Age 67 years)
Cause: TB
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 70 years)
Death of a grandsonOra Ernest Stewart
February 18, 1916 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 76 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 77 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 78 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 of a husbandShandy Walker Holland
March 11, 1919 (Age 79 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Death of a granddaughterElizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland
April 4, 1919 (Age 79 years)
Cause: Influenza and Pneumonia
Death of a sonThomas W “Tom” Holland
April 10, 1919 (Age 79 years)
Cause: Influenza and Pneumonia
Death July 8, 1919 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
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Marriage: August 28, 1856Hickory, Missouri, United States
3 years
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3 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
2 years
son
2 years
son
Landrine Robert S Holland
Birth: December 22, 1868 36 29Missouri, United States
Death: December 18, 1883Missouri, United States

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Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Shandy Walker Holland - Household

Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Shandy W Hollandhead28MWFarmerKY
Clara Hollandwife22FWMO
Thomas W L Hollandson1MWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Shandy Walker Holland - Household

Center, Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Holland, Shandy Whead37MWFarmingKY
Holland, Clarissawife31FWHouse keepingMO
Holland, Thomas Wson11MWAt schoolMO
Holland, Mary Adaughter8FWAt schoolMO
Holland, Clarissa Jdaughter6FWAt schoolMO
Holland, Johnson3MWAt homeMO
Holland, Landrineson1MWAt homeMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Shandy Walker Holland - Household

Center, Hickory, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Holland, Shandy WWM48headMFarmerKYTNKY
Holland, ClaraWF41wifeMKeeping HouseMOKY
Holland, Thomas WWM21sonSFarm HandMOKYMO
Holland, Mary WWF18daughterSHouse WorkMOKYMO
Holland, Clara EWF16daughterSHouse WorkMOKYMO
Holland, John FWM13sonSFarm HandMOKYMO
Holland, Robert LWM11sonSFarm HandMOKYMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Shandy Walker Holland - Household

Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Holland, Shandy WheadWMApr183268M43KYKYKYRetired Farmer
Holland, ClarawifeWFMay183961M4354MOKYMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Shandy Walker Holland - Household

Grand? Street Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Holland, ShandyheadMW77M153KYTNKY
Holland, ClarawifeFW70M15353MOVAMO

Name
1880 has her & daughter as Clarissa(only instance). -b