The Shemwell Family

Charles Allen StewartAge: 69 years18621932

Name
Charles Allen Stewart
Given names
Charles Allen
Surname
Stewart
Birth June 3, 1862
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 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
MarriageClara Isabelle HollandView this family
October 11, 1883 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Ada Ethel “Addie” Stewart
August 1, 1884 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2Homer Holland Stewart
February 8, 1887 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3Ora Ernest Stewart
February 9, 1891 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4Artie Glenn Stewart
January 19, 1893 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#5Shandy Allen Stewart
December 22, 1896 (Age 34 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 20, 1900 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Leta Belle Crump
1908 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Angie Fern Crump
1910 (Age 47 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childHomer Holland StewartMabel WilsonView this family
Type: Religious marriage
August 21, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3Helen Stewart
December 9, 1913 (Age 51 years)
Death of a sonOra Ernest Stewart
February 18, 1916 (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 granddaughter
#4Hazel Stewart
September 18, 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 13, 1920 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5Mary Eliza Stewart
May 5, 1921 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6Mildred Imogene Stewart
April 26, 1922 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Lillian Maxine Stewart
January 20, 1924 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8Charles Kenneth Stewart
October 28, 1926 (Age 64 years)
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 10, 1930 (Age 67 years)
Death May 21, 1932 (Age 69 years)
Last change August 6, 201814:00:38

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with Clara Isabelle Holland - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 11, 1883Hickory, Missouri, United States
10 months
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
son
Ora Ernest Stewart
Birth: February 9, 1891 28 26Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: February 18, 1916Hickory, Missouri, United States
23 months
son
Artie Glenn Stewart
Birth: January 19, 1893 30 28Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: December 22, 1981Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States
4 years
son
Shandy Allen Stewart
Birth: December 22, 1896 34 32Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: February 1972Lowry City, St Clair, Missouri, United States

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