Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” JarvisAge: 77 years1862–1940
- Name
- Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” Jarvis
- Given names
- Elizabeth Ellen
- Surname
- Jarvis
- Married name
- Elizabeth Ellen Shemwell
- Nickname
- Eliza
- Nickname
- Lizzie
 Birth | April 29, 1862 42 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 4 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 4 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 6 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 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 father | Elijah Jarvis May 4, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Samuel M Shemwell — View this family March 3, 1889 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Lettie V Shemwell June 21, 1892 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 |
 Census | June 6, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Herbert Yonts — Lettie V Shemwell — View this family December 27, 1910 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Murl Wilbur Yonts September 26, 1911 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Mildred Virginia Yonts October 2, 1913 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Harold Ray Yonts May 26, 1915 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Lennis Paul Yonts May 29, 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Lennis Paul Yonts August 31, 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 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 55 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/ |
| Census | January 20, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Lettie V Shemwell January 23, 1922 (Age 59 years) Cause: Tuberculous of Lungs |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 18, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a husband | Samuel M Shemwell August 17, 1935 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | March 2, 1940 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller & Piper Cemetery |
 Last change | July 31, 2017 – 11:34:38 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Elijah Jarvis Birth: 1820 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 4, 1880 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Birth: April 29, 1862 42 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1940 — Bellevue, Campbell, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Samuel M Shemwell |
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Samuel M Shemwell Birth: June 22, 1861 28 36 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 17, 1935 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Birth: April 29, 1862 42 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1940 — Bellevue, Campbell, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 3, 1889 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Birth: June 21, 1892 30 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1922 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Samuel M Shemwell + Jerusia Ellen Downs |
| husband |
Samuel M Shemwell Birth: June 22, 1861 28 36 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 17, 1935 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Jerusia Ellen Downs Birth: about 1852 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1884 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 31, 1879 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Samuel M Shemwell + Martha E “Mattie” O'Neal |
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Samuel M Shemwell Birth: June 22, 1861 28 36 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 17, 1935 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Martha E “Mattie” O'Neal Birth: May 4, 1857 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: August 21, 1884 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel M Shemwell - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel M Shemwell - Household
Bevier, Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel M Shemwell - Household
Shemwell Hill Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Samuel M Shemwell - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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