The Shemwell Family

Eliza Jane MooreAge: 82 years1864–1946

Name
Eliza Jane Moore
Given names
Eliza Jane
Surname
Moore
Married name
Eliza Jane Hodges
Birth October 30, 1864
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 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageHenry Clay Hodges — View this family
calculated 1889 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Deskie Gertrude Hodges
March 2, 1894 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Russell George Hodges
May 27, 1896 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Louisa Hodges
September 11, 1902 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 5, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 64 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
Death of a husbandHenry Clay Hodges
December 22, 1939 (Age 75 years)
Burial of a husbandHenry Clay Hodges
December 24, 1939 (Age 75 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hodges Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death December 22, 1946 (Age 82 years)
Burial December 23, 1946 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hodges Cemetery
Family with Henry Clay Hodges - View this family
husband
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
herself
Eliza Jane Moore
Birth: October 30, 1864 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 22, 1946 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: calculated 1889 —
5 years
daughter
Deskie Gertrude Hodges
Birth: March 2, 1894 25 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 10, 1982 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
son
Russell George Hodges
Birth: May 27, 1896 27 31 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 16, 1984 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
6 years
daughter
Mary Louisa Hodges
Birth: September 11, 1902 33 37 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 2, 1962 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Henry Clay Hodges - Household

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hodges, ClayheadOFMW51MYYNCNCNCYFarmerGeneral Farm
Hodges, JanewifeFW55MYYNCnone
Hodges, LouisadaughterFW17SYYYNCNCNCnone
Ingram, LouisamotherFW87WdNNNCNCNCnone