The Shemwell Family

Thomas Judge ReardenAge: 80 years18591939

Name
Thomas Judge Rearden
Given names
Thomas Judge
Surname
Rearden
Birth 1859 26 22

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 sisterMary Viola Rearden
March 19, 1867 (Age 8 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 8 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 8 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 10 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
Birth of a brotherGeorge Pearce Rearden
May 21, 1871 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterAddie Lee Rearden
September 18, 1874 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a brotherWalter Eugene Rearden
March 14, 1876 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a brotherLuther E Rearden
July 1878 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandfatherTimothy Rearden
1880 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherJason Betal Rearden
April 15, 1888 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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
Death of a sisterAddie Lee Rearden
March 20, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherAnn Adline Switzer
August 18, 1915 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Wesley Rearden
October 30, 1916 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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 1939 (Age 80 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: September 18, 1856Chambers, Alabama, United States
10 months
elder brother
3 years
himself
8 years
younger sister
Mary Viola Rearden
Birth: March 19, 1867 34 30
Death: December 3, 1957Chambers, Alabama, United States
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Addie Lee Rearden
Birth: September 18, 1874 41 38
Death: March 20, 1911Chambers, Alabama, United States
18 months
younger brother
Walter Eugene Rearden
Birth: March 14, 1876 43 39
Death: November 2, 1941Chambers, Alabama, United States
2 years
younger brother

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