The Shemwell Family

Della Photine SmithAge: 92 years18801972

Name
Della Photine Smith
Given names
Della Photine
Surname
Smith
Married name
Della Photine Henson
Married name
Della Photine Witte
Birth June 5, 1880 30 24
Birth of a sisterMargaret Mae “Maggie” Smith
March 30, 1882 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherOda Lee Smith
August 27, 1889 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 sisterFlora B Smith
before 1900 (Age 19 years)

Census June 8, 1900 (Age 20 years)
MarriageRiley Abraham HensonView this family
February 23, 1902 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bula May Henson
November 5, 1902 (Age 22 years)
Death of a husbandRiley Abraham Henson
April 14, 1905 (Age 24 years)
MarriageOtto W WitteView this family
July 30, 1906 (Age 26 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 son
#2
Hardin Otto Witte
January 1918 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Conrad Smith
August 11, 1918 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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 February 3, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childClyde Houston HendricksonBula May HensonView this family
February 18, 1928 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 30, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Marshall David Hendrickson
April 19, 1935 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherMartha Jane Kittrell
September 5, 1939 (Age 59 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a half-brotherGeorge E Smith
September 26, 1948 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sisterAnne Louise Smith
August 31, 1960 (Age 80 years)
Death of a husbandOtto W Witte
December 1, 1968 (Age 88 years)
Death of a brotherOda Lee Smith
January 1971 (Age 90 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death July 10, 1972 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Poplar Bluff City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 12, 1875Butler, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Flora B Smith
Birth: about 1878 28 22Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: before 1900
13 months
elder sister
Anne Louise Smith
Birth: January 17, 1879 29 23Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: August 31, 1960Butler, Missouri, United States
17 months
herself
22 months
younger sister
Margaret Mae “Maggie” Smith
Birth: March 30, 1882 32 26St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Death: March 9, 1981Miami, Dade, Florida, United States
7 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Martha Glass - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: estimated 1866
16 months
half-brother
George E Smith
Birth: May 10, 1867 17Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: September 26, 1948Butler, Missouri, United States
Family with Riley Abraham Henson - View this family
husband
Riley Abraham Henson
Birth: September 10, 1880Sweets Cove, Hardin, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 14, 1905Butler, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: February 23, 1902Cane Creek, Butler, Missouri, United States
8 months
daughter
Bula May Henson
Birth: November 5, 1902 22 22Cane Creek, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: December 15, 1999Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas, United States
Family with Otto W Witte - View this family
husband
Otto W Witte
Birth: September 3, 1882Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Death: December 1, 1968Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: July 30, 1906Butler, Missouri, United States
12 years
son
Hardin Otto Witte
Birth: January 1918 35 37Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 2004Butler, Missouri, United States

Della Photine Smith has 2 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John Conrad Smith - Household

Epps, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Smith, JohnheadWMSep184950M24PAFarmer
Smith, Martha JwifeWFJun185544M2454MOTNNC
Smith, Anne LdaughterWFJan187921SMOPAMO
Smith, Della PdaughterWFJun188118SMOPAMO
Smith, Maggie MdaughterWFMar188218SMOPAMO
Smith, Oda LsonWMAug188910SMOPAMO
Stevens, JohnservantFarm Hand

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Otto W Witte - Household

Spring Rock, Clinton, Iowa

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Witte, Otto WheadMW28M3IOGermanyGermanySalesmanAutomobile
Witte, Della PwifeFW29M311MOPAMO
Henson, Bulastep daughterFW7SMOTNMO
Padget, MaryservantFW18SMOMOMOServant

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Otto W Witte - Household

Hilliard Rd. Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Witte, Otto WheadMW38MIAGermanyGermanyFarmingGeneral Farm
Witte, DellawifeFW39MMOPAMO
Witte, HardinsonMW2SMOIAMO
Henson, Bulastep daughterFW17SMOTNMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Otto W Witte - Household

Highway 67 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Witte, O WheadMW48M24IAGermanyGermanyDairyingDairy
Witte, DellawifeFW49M21MOPAMO
Witte, HardinsonMW12SMOIAMO
Aden, TillieboarderFW21SMOGermanyMO
Smith, Martha Jmother in lawFW74WdMOTNNC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Otto W Witte - Household

North Main Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Witte, O WXheadMW58MIASame House
Witte, DellawifeFW59MMOSame House
Witte, HardinsonMW22SMOSame HouseFarm Laborer