CORNELIUS FRIEND SHOEMAKER: CENSUS SNAPSHOTS

Census & Vital Records

Cornelius Friend Shoemaker was born 23 March 1847 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois

Cornelius Shoemaker (age 25) married Emma Hunt (age 17) 8 Aug 1872 in Appanoose Co., Iowa

As of the 1900 Census, they were living in Polk Township, Nodaway Co., MO

head     Fred Shoemaker          M 53   Illinois, born Mar 1847 in Illinois, 28yrs married (est 1872), farmer

wife      Emma Shoemaker       F 47    Iowa, 7 children; 4 living, born Sep 1853

son       Chas W Shoemaker     M 27  Iowa, farm laborer, born Aug 1873 (correct birthday)

son       Edward A Shoemaker M 26  Iowa, farm laborer, born Oct 1874

son       Robt O Shoemaker      M 13  Missouri, farm laborer, born July 1887

daughter Mary J Shoemaker   F 27   Missouri, born Apr 1873

"Fred's" father born North Carolina; mother born Virginia

Emma's parents born in Virginia

renting their farm

By the 1910 Census, they were in the Maryville Ward 1, Nodaway Co., MO

self     Emma Shoemaker      F   56y  Iowa, both parents born Virginia

husb  Cornelius Shoemaker M 62y  Iowa, both parents born U.S.

dau    Josie Shoemaker         F  17y  Missouri

In 1920, Cornelius & Emma were living with Josie & her husband Perry in Johnson Co., MO

self   Perry E Chappell        M   28y  Missouri

wife Jossie Chappell            F   27y  Missouri

Cornelius Friend
Shoemaker

self  Cornelius Shoemaker M 72y  Illinois

wife Emma Shoemaker      F  69y  Virginia

self  William Stewart          M 65y  Missouri

And were still there in 1930

head                 Perry C Chappell    M      38  Missouri

wife                 Josie Chappell          F       36  Missouri

daughter          Joy  Chappell          F        6   Missouri

father-in-law   Cornelius Shoemaker M 84 Illinois, both parents born Illinois

mother-in-law Erma Shoemaker    F       77  Virginia, both parents born Northern Ireland

boarder            John Bratton           M      22  Missouri

Cornelius Friend Shoemaker died 12 January 1933 in Montserrat, Johnson County, Missouri, at the age of 86.  

His daughter Josie [Shoemaker] Chappell died aged 42, about three years later.  His and Emma's only remaining child at that point would have been Charles Wesley Shoemaker, Jessie's father.  Emma lived until 8 February 1937, four years after Cornelius.

GREAT GRANDPA & GRANDMA SHOEMAKER

Jessie's paternal grandparents:

Cornelius Friend Shoemaker & Emma Hunt

Cornelius Friend Shoemaker
born 23 March 1847 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois
died 12 January 1933 in Montserrat, Johnson County, Missouri
His father: Thomas Shoemaker, born in North Carolina
His mother: Parthenia Bird [Jones] Alexander, born in Tennessee (or maybe Virginia or West Virginia)


Emma Hunt
born 15 September 1856 in Virginia
died 8 February 1937 in Montserrat, Johnson County, Missouri
Her people may have been from Northern Ireland (unconfirmed) or, alternately, from Virginia... but you can't really trust those squirrelly census-takers -- or is it the mapmakers & boundary adjustments I should be complaining about?

They were married on 8 Aug 1872 in Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa

Their children:

• Charles Wesley Shoemaker
• Josie Mae Shoemaker
• Edward Shoemaker
• Anna Shoemaker
• Ethel Shoemaker
• Willie Shoemaker
• Otis Shoemaker

Great Grandpa & Grandma Shoemaker at
Uncle Perry's house in Montserrat, between
Warrensburg & Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
(East of Kansas City)
date unknown, during or prior to 1933 when he died

"Uncle Perry" was Perry Clarence Chappell, who was married to their daughter Josie Mae Shoemaker.  Perry & Josie's daughter Joy Chappell was Jessie's closest cousin (as I remember it).
C.F. & Emma lived with Perry & Josie Mae at the end of their lives, at least as early as 1920 according to Census records.

Cornelius Friend Shoemaker and Man's Best Friend

What do you suppose is that towering behind him? Is it a monument or a tree trunk or an abandoned test rocket or something else entirely?

JESSE'S PHOTO PEDIGREE

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