The Shemwell Family

Shandy Walker HollandAge: 86 years18321919

Name
Shandy Walker Holland
Given names
Shandy Walker
Surname
Holland
Birth April 21, 1832 35 31
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Birth of a brotherSamuel F Holland
1835 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 3 years)
Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Birth of a brotherNathaniel L Holland
1837 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas James Holland
January 30, 1840 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam L Holland
1840 (Age 7 years)

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane “Jenny” Dickerson
1850 (Age 17 years)
Census September 5, 1850 (Age 18 years)
Census November 8, 1850 (Age 18 years)
Death of a motherNancy Shemwell
December 3, 1855 (Age 23 years)
MarriageClara DentView this family
August 28, 1856 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas W “Tom” Holland
March 11, 1859 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 24 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 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSamuel James Shemwell
August 17, 1860 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Adeline “Addie” Holland
January 31, 1862 (Age 29 years)
Military
Civil War
August 3, 1863 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Clara Isabelle Holland
April 8, 1864 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 28 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 34 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 34 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 34 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 36 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 36 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 38 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 45 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherThomas Holland
January 26, 1879 (Age 46 years)
Census June 7, 1880 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childThomas W “Tom” HollandMartha E “Matt” GentryView this family
October 7, 1880 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childEthan Hannibal LacyMary Adeline “Addie” HollandView this family
December 23, 1880 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Lola Bell Lacy
March 1, 1883 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Charles Landern “Charlie” Holland
March 19, 1883 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Allen StewartClara Isabelle HollandView this family
October 11, 1883 (Age 51 years)
Death of a sonLandrine Robert S Holland
December 18, 1883 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Ada Ethel “Addie” Stewart
August 1, 1884 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Shandy Holland Lacy
January 28, 1886 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
John W Holland
March 1886 (Age 53 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 54 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn W Holland
1888 (Age 55 years)
Death of a grandsonShandy Holland Lacy
October 26, 1888 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Gentry Nadine Holland
March 1889 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Fletcher HollandMartha Lillie GoodmanView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 24, 1890 (Age 58 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
Ora Ernest Stewart
February 9, 1891 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Elvin Milton Lacy
March 24, 1892 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Clyde Estelle Holland
August 6, 1892 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Edna Holland
December 1, 1892 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Artie Glenn Stewart
January 19, 1893 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Roy Lester Holland
July 2, 1894 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Elizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland
February 24, 1895 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
John Leonard “Lennie” Holland
December 18, 1895 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
Shandy Allen Stewart
December 22, 1896 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 65 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 66 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#17
Ada B Holland
February 1900 (Age 67 years)
Census June 23, 1900 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#18
Clara Mary Holland
October 22, 1901 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sonJohn Fletcher Holland
November 22, 1906 (Age 74 years)
Cause: TB
Death of a sisterOrva Adaline Holland
March 29, 1909 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Ward Holland
July 30, 1909 (Age 77 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 77 years)
Death of a brotherThomas James Holland
March 19, 1913 (Age 80 years)

Death of a grandsonOra Ernest Stewart
February 18, 1916 (Age 83 years)
Death of a sisterCarolina Isabelle Holland
1916 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 83 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 84 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 85 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 March 11, 1919 (Age 86 years)
Cause of death: typhoid fever
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 28, 1819Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
16 months
himself
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
11 months
younger brother
Family with Clara Dent - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: August 28, 1856Hickory, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
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

Shandy Walker Holland has 34 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Holland - Household

Hickory, Missouri, United States Dist. 37

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
Thomas Holland53MFarmerVA
Nancy Holland40FNC
Carolina I Holland18FKY
Henry W Holland23MKY
Shandy W Holland17MKY
Samuel F Holland15M-
Nathaniel L Holland13MKY
Thomas J J Holland11MMO
William L Holland10M-USA, Missouri
Nathaniel Holland44M-

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Alexander McEwing Christian - Household

Saline, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Alexander M Christianhead38MWMerchantNC
Jane Christianwife37FWKY
Sarah M Christiandaughter17FWMO
Nancy B Christiandaughter15FWMO
William L Christianson13MWMO
Allen W Christianson9MWMO
Mary H J Christiandaughter6FWMO
Adelia Christiandaughter2FWMO
Albion Christianson1-mMWMO
Shandy W Holland17MWClerkKY

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

Note
Cause of death typhoid fever.
Note
Burial place: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Wheatland, Hickory, MO USA