Lucy Elizabeth PlattAge: 79 years1849–1929
- Name
- Lucy Elizabeth Platt
- Given names
- Lucy Elizabeth
- Surname
- Platt
- Married name
- Lucy Elizabeth Shemwell
- Married name
- Lucy Elizabeth Dorsey
 Birth | August 17, 1849 35 16 |
 Census | September 26, 1850 (Age 13 months) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | August 27, 1860 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage of a parent | Rev. John Fox Clark — Mary Elizabeth Marguerite Webb — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 31, 1863 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Merrit B Platte 1864 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 |
 Religious marriage | William David Shemwell — View this family October 8, 1867 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mary W Clark 1867 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 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 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a son #1 | William Standard Shemwell September 7, 1868 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ida Mae Shemwell November 29, 1869 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 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 1, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Solon Underwood Shemwell June 12, 1871 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Edward Lee Shemwell February 15, 1873 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Elma Medora Shemwell June 5, 1875 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Elma Medora Shemwell April 30, 1876 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell June 3, 1878 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 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 #7 | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell March 5, 1880 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | June 2, 1880 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Dovie Myrtle Shemwell July 26, 1882 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell September 30, 1884 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | Infant Shemwell August 4, 1887 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a son | Infant Shemwell August 4, 1887 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Wesley P Edwards — Ida Mae Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage March 28, 1889 (Age 39 years)Address: Bride's Residence |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Byron Edwards May 8, 1890 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Standard Shemwell — Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham — View this family November 5, 1890 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | Robert Carter Shemwell July 7, 1891 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Ralph Bingham Shemwell October 22, 1891 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Elsie Mae Edwards 1892 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert Carter Shemwell January 2, 1892 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a son | Solon Underwood Shemwell December 29, 1892 (Age 43 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Marriage of a child | Edward Lee Shemwell — Alma M Cockrell — View this family September 11, 1893 (Age 44 years) Note: Recorder's Office |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Robert Solon Edwards April 3, 1894 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ruth Valdenar Shemwell May 18, 1894 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Mary Elizabeth Shemwell November 1894 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John William Gorrell — Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 25, 1896 (Age 46 years)Address: At the home of the bride's parents |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | John Wesley Edwards August 25, 1896 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a son | Edward Lee Shemwell December 7, 1896 (Age 47 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | William Ray Shemwell December 2, 1897 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 daughter | Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell October 13, 1898 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Elsie Mae Edwards 1899 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell February 22, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | June 23, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell — Ida Jones — View this family January 1, 1901 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Everett Nunn — Dovie Myrtle Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage January 24, 1901 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Herbert Alexander Shemwell May 27, 1902 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Virginia Juanita Shemwell about 1902 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Myrtle Nunn 1902 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Dovie Myrtle Shemwell March 29, 1902 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Myrtle Nunn June 26, 1902 (Age 52 years) Cause: Cholera |
| Injured in fall On "defective" sidewalk | Injury January 1903 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Rachel Kibler Shemwell August 29, 1906 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | Jewell Morton Shemwell October 28, 1907 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Alonzo Thomas — Ida Mae Shemwell — View this family October 1907 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell — Attie G Speece — View this family November 9, 1907 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Arvin Owen “Buster” Shemwell September 24, 1908 (Age 59 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 60 years) |
| Admitted | Confederate Home March 3, 1911 (Age 61 years)Address: Confederate Home |
| Enrolled CSA Home | Confederate Home April 22, 1911 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a son | Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell September 26, 1911 (Age 62 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Burial of a son | Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell September 28, 1911 (Age 62 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery |
| Marriage of a child | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell — Maude D Carey — View this family Type: Civil marriage December 18, 1911 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Ralph Bingham Shemwell February 4, 1913 (Age 63 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Death of a husband | William David Shemwell August 26, 1913 (Age 64 years) Address: Confederate Home Cause: Cancer of the Liver |
| Religious marriage | George Keyport Dorsey — View this family June 17, 1915 (Age 65 years) Address: CSA Home |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 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 granddaughter | Mary Elizabeth Shemwell July 9, 1917 (Age 67 years) |
| Burial of a granddaughter | Mary Elizabeth Shemwell 1917 (Age 67 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 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 68 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 30, 1920 (Age 70 years) Address: Confederate Home |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Marguerite Webb July 15, 1921 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a husband | George Keyport Dorsey February 28, 1925 (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Standard Shemwell — Lulu Olivia Black — View this family 1926 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Mary W Clark October 27, 1926 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | March 11, 1929 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Confederate Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Merrit B Platte Birth: about 1814 — Connecticut, United States Death: 1864 — Clatsop, Oregon, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Marguerite Webb Birth: October 5, 1832 24 — Virginia, United States Death: July 15, 1921 |
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Marriage: December 12, 1847 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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20 months herself |
Lucy Elizabeth Platt Birth: August 17, 1849 35 16 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1929 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with Rev. John Fox Clark |
| step-father |
Rev. John Fox Clark Birth: January 10, 1822 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 9, 1899 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Marguerite Webb Birth: October 5, 1832 24 — Virginia, United States Death: July 15, 1921 |
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Marriage: December 31, 1863 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Mary W Clark Birth: 1867 44 34 — Missouri, United States Death: October 27, 1926 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Family with William David Shemwell |
| husband |
William David Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1846 22 16 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1913 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Lucy Elizabeth Platt Birth: August 17, 1849 35 16 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1929 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1867 — |
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11 months son |
William Standard Shemwell Birth: September 7, 1868 22 19 — Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1953 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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15 months daughter |
Ida Mae Shemwell Birth: November 29, 1869 23 20 — Missouri, United States Death: August 5, 1959 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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18 months son |
Solon Underwood Shemwell Birth: June 12, 1871 24 21 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 1892 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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20 months son |
Edward Lee Shemwell Birth: February 15, 1873 26 23 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 7, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Elma Medora Shemwell Birth: June 5, 1875 28 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 30, 1876 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell Birth: June 3, 1878 31 28 Death: October 13, 1898 — Missouri, United States |
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21 months son |
John Morton “Jack” Shemwell Birth: March 5, 1880 33 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 12, 1951 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Dovie Myrtle Shemwell Birth: July 26, 1882 35 32 — Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1902 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell Birth: September 30, 1884 38 35 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 26, 1911 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Infant Shemwell Birth: August 4, 1887 40 37 Death: August 4, 1887 |
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4 years son |
Robert Carter Shemwell Birth: July 7, 1891 44 41 Death: January 2, 1892 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| Family with George Keyport Dorsey |
| husband |
George Keyport Dorsey Birth: September 24, 1844 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: February 28, 1925 — Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Lucy Elizabeth Platt Birth: August 17, 1849 35 16 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1929 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 17, 1915 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| George Keyport Dorsey + Margaret “Maggie” Hunter |
| husband |
George Keyport Dorsey Birth: September 24, 1844 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: February 28, 1925 — Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Margaret “Maggie” Hunter Birth: about 1848 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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Marriage: February 27, 1868 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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10 months step-daughter |
Mary C Dorsey Birth: 1868 23 20 Death: |
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7 years step-son |
William Dorsey Birth: 1874 29 26 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years step-son |
George A Dorsey Birth: 1878 33 30 Death: |
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7 years step-son |
Robert Earl Dorsey Birth: about 1884 39 36 — Missouri, United States Death: |
Lucy Elizabeth Platt has 6 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Lucy Elizabeth Platte - Household
District 23 Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - J M Cramer - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William David Shemwell - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William David Shemwell - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William David Shemwell - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, MO
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William David Shemwell - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Keyport Dorsey - Household
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