The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth B StudyAge: 71 years1850–1921

Name
Elizabeth B Study
Given names
Elizabeth B
Surname
Study
Married name
Elizabeth B Benner
Birth April 30, 1850
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 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 16 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 18 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
MarriageGeorge Franklin Benner — View this family
August 27, 1871 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Estella Benner
March 30, 1872 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census July 19, 1880 (Age 30 years)
Death of a husbandGeorge Franklin Benner
November 14, 1894 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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
Marriage of a childWalter Lee Baldwin — Mary Estella Benner — View this family
June 28, 1900 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Glen Errold Baldwin
July 27, 1901 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Gladys Winifred Baldwin
July 27, 1905 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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/
Death May 10, 1921 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thurman Cemetery
Family with George Franklin Benner - View this family
husband
George Franklin Benner
Birth: March 18, 1849 — Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: November 14, 1894 — Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States
herself
Elizabeth B Study
Birth: April 30, 1850 — Studyville, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: May 10, 1921 — Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Marriage: August 27, 1871 — Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
7 months
daughter
Mary Estella Benner
Birth: March 30, 1872 23 21 — Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: May 6, 1933 — Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - George Franklin Benner - Household

McPaul, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Benner, George FWM31headMFarmerxILPAOH
Benner, ElizabethWF30wifeMKeeping HouseIAOHOH
Benner, Mary EWF8daughterSIAILIA

Name
Mary Estella Benner Obituary and Family Listing Mary Estella Benner was born on 30 Mar 1872 in Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, her father, George Franklin Benner and her mother, Elizabeth B. Study. She married Walter Baldwin on 28 Jun 1900 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. She died of Atherosclerosis heart disease (ASHD) on 6 May 1933 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa and was buried 7 May 1933in Thurman Cemetery, Thurman, Fremont County, Iowa. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91650601/mary_estella-baldwin