The Shemwell Family

Izora ReedAge: 82 years18501933

Name
Izora Reed
Given names
Izora
Surname
Reed
Married name
Izora Smith
Birth October 18, 1850 23 16
Birth of a brotherJames Winfred Reed
June 8, 1852 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a sisterMary E “Polly” Reed
November 25, 1855 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterRebecca E Reed
about 1856 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Robert Reed
February 7, 1859 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 17, 1860 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherNoah Reed
after 1860 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a brotherJohn N Reed
February 1, 1861 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterAlmira Reed
January 1, 1863 (Age 12 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ann “Betty” Owens
October 9, 1863 (Age 12 years)
Marriage of a parentMilus G ReedMary “Polly” RoachView this family
May 12, 1865 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 half-sisterDoley Reed
August 23, 1867 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 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 16 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-sisterSarah Reed
1869 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 18 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 June 6, 1870 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAmelia Reed
September 22, 1870 (Age 19 years)
Religious marriageNeedham Vanburen SmithView this family
March 6, 1871 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert L Smith
February 3, 1872 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCharles “Charley” Reed
September 18, 1872 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 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 paternal grandmotherNancy Shemwell
February 22, 1879 (Age 28 years)
Note: Newspaper Abstracts of Graves County, Kentucky
Death of a sisterRebecca E Reed
October 1879 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMilie Reed
February 1880 (Age 29 years)
Census June 11, 1880 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Robert Reed
January 28, 1888 (Age 37 years)

Death of a sisterMary E “Polly” Reed
March 11, 1889 (Age 38 years)
Death of a fatherMilus G Reed
May 15, 1890 (Age 39 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah Reed
after May 1890 (Age 39 years)

Marriage of a childRobert L SmithFannie PlumleeView this family
March 3, 1892 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Street Smith
October 9, 1893 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Virgil Smith
January 21, 1896 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 granddaughter
#3
Lola Smith
September 20, 1898 (Age 47 years)
Census June 9, 1900 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Boone Dawson Smith
September 10, 1905 (Age 54 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 59 years)
Death of a husbandNeedham Vanburen Smith
September 6, 1913 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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 brotherJames Winfred Reed
May 23, 1919 (Age 68 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 78 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 5, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sisterAlmira Reed
July 12, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Death July 12, 1933 (Age 82 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 13, 1849Marshall, Kentucky, United States
11 months
herself
Izora Reed
Birth: October 18, 1850 23 16Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 1933Marshall, Kentucky, United States
20 months
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
13 months
younger sister
Rebecca E Reed
Birth: about 1856 28 22Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 1879Marshall, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
John N Reed
Birth: February 1, 1861 33 27Kentucky, United States
Death:
23 months
younger sister
Almira Reed
Birth: January 1, 1863 35 29Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 1930Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Mary “Polly” Roach - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: May 12, 1865Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-sister
2 years
half-sister
Sarah Reed
Birth: 1869 41 34Kentucky, United States
Death: after May 1890
21 months
half-sister
Amelia Reed
Birth: September 22, 1870 43 35Kentucky, United States
Death: September 8, 1940Graves, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-brother
Charles “Charley” Reed
Birth: September 18, 1872 45 37Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 26, 1935Graves, Kentucky, United States
7 years
half-sister
Milie Reed
Birth: February 1880 52 45Kentucky, United States
Death: October 9, 1967Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Family with Needham Vanburen Smith - View this family
husband
Needham Vanburen Smith
Birth: August 6, 1840Kentucky, United States
Death: September 6, 1913Marshall, Kentucky, United States
herself
Izora Reed
Birth: October 18, 1850 23 16Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 1933Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: March 6, 1871Marshall, Kentucky, United States
11 months
son
Robert L Smith
Birth: February 3, 1872 31 21Kentucky, United States
Death: September 9, 1940Marshall, Kentucky, United States

Izora Reed has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Milus G Reed - Household

Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
M G Reedhead33MWFarmerNC
E A Reedwife27FWHousewifeKY
S Powell22MWLaborerVA
I Reeddaughter10FWKY
J W Reedson8MWKY
M E Reeddaughter3FWKY
R E Reeddaughter3FWKY
W R Reedson2MWKY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Milus G Reed - Household

Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Reed, Milus Ghead43MWFarmerNC
Reed, Marywife35FWKeeping HouseTN
Reed, Isoradaughter19FWAt HomeKY
Reed, James Wson17MWFarmerKY
Reed, Mary Edaughter14FWAt HomeKY
Reed, Rebecca Edaughter15FWAt HomeKY
Reed, William Rson11MWFarmerKY
Reed, John Nson9MWKY
Reed, Almiradaughter7FWKY
Reed, Duliadaughter2FWKY
Reed, Sarahdaughter9mFWKY

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Needham Vanburen Smith - Household

Marshall, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Smith, Need VheadWMAug184059M30KYNCNCfarmer
Smith, IzorawifeWFOct185049M3011KYNCKY
Smith, Clint RandlenephewWMMar188911SKYKYKY
Reed, MaudienieceWFDec188812SKYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Needham Vanburen Smith - Household

Marshall, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Smith, Needham VheadMW69M39KYTNNCfarmer
Smith, IsorawifeFW59M3921KYNCKY
Smith, ClintnephewMW21SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Reed, Maud RnieceFW21SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Clint Randle Smith - Household

Marshall, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Smith, Clint RheadMW30MKYKYKYfarmer
Smith, Lovie AwifeFW26MKYKYKY
Smith, IzoraauntFW69WKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert L Smith - Household

Marshall, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Smith, Robert LheadMW57Wd20KYKYKYfarmer
Smith, IzoramotherFW79Wd20KYNCKY
Smith, BoonesonMW23SKYKYKYlaborer