The Shemwell Family

Susan Isabelle HodgesAge: 67 years1855–1922

Name
Susan Isabelle Hodges
Given names
Susan Isabelle
Surname
Hodges
Married name
Susan Isabelle Lookabill
Birth March 9, 1855 24 20
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 17, 1860 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Smith Hodges
November 1, 1862 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Smith Hodges
April 6, 1863 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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
Birth of a brotherGeorge W Hodges
July 8, 1866 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 11 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 11 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherHenry Clay Hodges
September 16, 1868 (Age 13 years)
Death of a fatherEdward Patterson Hodges
August 18, 1869 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 13 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 29, 1870 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a parentJohn Ingram — Louisa Gragg — View this family
about 1883 (Age 27 years)

Death of a brotherGeorge W Hodges
October 15, 1883 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam M Gragg
May 3, 1885 (Age 30 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusannah Green
February 26, 1891 (Age 35 years)
Death of a brotherLarkin Patterson Hodges
January 23, 1894 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 November 23, 1922 (Age 67 years)
Burial November 24, 1922 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 23, 1850 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1 year
elder brother
Larkin Patterson Hodges
Birth: November 29, 1851 20 17 — North Carolina, United States
Death: January 23, 1894 — Sands, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
Susan Isabelle Hodges
Birth: March 9, 1855 24 20 — North Carolina, United States
Death: November 23, 1922 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
8 years
younger brother
William Smith Hodges
Birth: November 1, 1862 31 28 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 6, 1863 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
George W Hodges
Birth: July 8, 1866 35 31 — North Carolina, United States
Death: October 15, 1883 — North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Henry Clay Hodges
Birth: September 16, 1868 37 33 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 22, 1939 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Mother’s family with John Ingram - View this family
step-father
John Ingram
Birth: December 24, 1823 39 35 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 3, 1917 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1883 —

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Edward Patterson Hodges - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Edward Hodgeshead29MWFarmer1001815NC
Louisa Hodgeswife25FWHousewifeNC/
Larkin P Hodgesson8MWNC/
Susan I Hodgesdaughter5FWNC/

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Louisa Gragg - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hodges, Luisahead36FWKeeping House500632NC/
Hodges, Larkinson18MWAt HomeNC/
Hodges, Susandaughter15FWAt HomeNC/
Hodges, George Wson5MWAt HomeNC
Hodges, Henry Cson2MWAt HomeNC