The Shemwell Family

Miranda C KelleyAge: 79 years18511930

Name
Miranda C Kelley
Given names
Miranda C
Surname
Kelley
Married name
Miranda C Cherry
Birth July 27, 1851 22 16
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 15 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 15 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 17 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
MarriageThomas H “Tom” CherryView this family
July 28, 1872 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ada Lee Cherry
November 15, 1872 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ida Maud Cherry
about 1876 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#3
William Harley Cherry
December 31, 1878 (Age 27 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Maggie A Cherry
January 1883 (Age 31 years)
Marriage of a childClaud Ambus LeMasterIda Maud CherryView this family
August 19, 1894 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Vivian C LeMaster
March 1896 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childHugh Wheeler LindsayAda Lee CherryView this family
about 1897 (Age 45 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 grandson
#2
Fred LeMaster
December 1898 (Age 47 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherElisha Kelley
April 4, 1901 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Harley CherrySallie Maud RichView this family
June 16, 1901 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Don Carlos Cherry
August 12, 1902 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
William Komazawa Cherry
November 26, 1904 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Alma Walter LeMaster
January 18, 1905 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childAndrew Jackson Taylor JrMaggie A CherryView this family
February 17, 1906 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Jessie L LeMaster
June 14, 1907 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Harley Dubar Cherry
May 9, 1909 (Age 57 years)
Death of a grandsonFred LeMaster
before 1910 (Age 58 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
John B “Johnnie” Taylor
February 18, 1910 (Age 58 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Rex Beach “R B” Cherry
January 1, 1912 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Philip Murnam Cherry
November 4, 1914 (Age 63 years)
Death of a granddaughterVivian C LeMaster
October 21, 1915 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Norma Jane “Susie” Cherry
December 26, 1916 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherEmmaline Etheridge
January 22, 1918 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 65 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 66 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/
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 14, 1930 (Age 78 years)
Death November 14, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Elisha Kelley
Birth: December 15, 1828Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 1901Stewart, Tennessee, United States
mother
Emmaline Etheridge
Birth: March 31, 1835Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 22, 1918Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
herself
Family with Thomas H “Tom” Cherry - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 28, 1872Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 months
daughter
Ada Lee Cherry
Birth: November 15, 1872 23 21Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 24, 1952Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
daughter

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Cherry - Household

Dist. 7 Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRaceSexAgeBmthRelationMCYrsMOccupationHealthMnsUEduEng?BPFBPMBP
Thomas CherryWM30headM-FarmerTNTNKY
Miranda CherryWF25wifeM-TNMDGA
Ada CherryWF7daughterS-TNTNTN
Maud CherryWF4daughterS-TNTNTN
Charlie CherryWM11msonS-TNTNTN

Notes: Next door to parents

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Miranda C Kelley - Household

Dover, Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cherry, Miranda CheadWFJul185148Wd54TNTNTN
Lindsay, Ada LdaughterWFNov187226M3TNTNTN
Lindsay, Hugh Wson in lawWMNov187326M3TNTNTNBlacksmith
Cherry, Maggie AdaughterWFJan188317STNTNTN
Acree, Rufus WboarderWMOct184653S26TNTNNCDentist

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Wheeler Lindsay - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Lindsay, Hugh WheadMW36M14TNTNTNblacksmithown shop
Lindsay, Ada LwifeFW36M14TNTNTN
Cherry, Mirandamother in lawFW58wdTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Wheeler Lindsay - Household

Spring Street Dover, Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lindsay, HughheadMW56M22TNTNTNBlacksmithBlacksmith Shop
Lindsay, AdawifeFW56M22TNTNTN
Cherry, Miranda Cmother in lawFW78M21TNTNTN