The Shemwell Family

Ellis Erasmus FreemanAge: 44 years18941939

Name
Ellis Erasmus Freeman
Given names
Ellis Erasmus
Surname
Freeman
Birth October 17, 1894 26 21
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 5 years)
Birth of a sisterGrace May “Gracie” Freeman
May 27, 1908 (Age 13 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1Charles William “Bill” Freeman
about 1921 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAmanda J “Mandy” Shemwell
February 8, 1922 (Age 27 years)
Cause: Influenza & bronco infection
Birth of a son
#2Thomas Leslie “Tom” Freeman
September 6, 1922 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3John Wesley Freeman
September 6, 1922 (Age 27 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Wesley Freeman
May 9, 1923 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4Ray Jack Freeman
December 20, 1924 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#5Robert Lane “Bob” Freeman
December 20, 1924 (Age 30 years)
Death of a fatherJames William Freeman
February 8, 1929 (Age 34 years)
Cause: Angina Pectosis
Birth of a daughter
#6Freeman
September 16, 1929 (Age 34 years)
Death of a daughterFreeman
October 16, 1929 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 35 years)
Birth of a son
#7Delbert E Freeman
about 1932 (Age 37 years)
Death March 28, 1939 (Age 44 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Roller Cemetery
Last change October 9, 201817:37:15

by: Barry Shemwell
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father
mother
Marriage: August 13, 1891Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
3 years
himself
14 years
younger sister
Grace May “Gracie” Freeman
Birth: May 27, 1908 40 34Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: April 2, 1992Missouri, United States
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himself
wife
son
Charles William “Bill” Freeman
Birth: about 1921 26 22West Benton, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: before 1998
20 months
son
Thomas Leslie “Tom” Freeman
Birth: September 6, 1922 27 23Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: February 21, 1955Wright, Missouri, United States
son
John Wesley Freeman
Birth: September 6, 1922 27 23Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: October 3, 2003Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States
2 years
son
Jack FreemanRay Jack Freeman
Birth: December 20, 1924 30 26Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: December 15, 2004Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
son
Robert Lane “Bob” Freeman
Birth: December 20, 1924 30 26Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: September 26, 1958
5 years
daughter
Freeman
Birth: September 16, 1929 34 30Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: October 16, 1929Webster, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Delbert E Freeman
Birth: about 1932 37 33Missouri, United States
Death: before 1998
daughter
Private

Ellis Erasmus Freeman has 19 first cousins recorded