The Shemwell Family

Fayette Ferdinand Freeland1829

Name
Fayette Ferdinand Freeland
Given names
Fayette Ferdinand
Surname
Freeland
Birth January 17, 1829 25 21

Birth of a sisterVirginia Elvira Freeland
November 30, 1830 (Age 22 months)

Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 2 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Birth of a sisterZaenett Priscilla Freeland
March 14, 1833 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Thomas Freeland
August 12, 1835 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Birth of a sisterMaria Rebecca Freeland
April 5, 1838 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a sisterSallie Eliza Christiana Freeland
August 11, 1842 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherPriscilla Gover Sewall
February 25, 1843 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterFrances Diana Dare Freeland
November 9, 1844 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a sisterAgnes Amelia Freeland
June 29, 1847 (Age 18 years)

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 16 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a sisterAgnes Amelia Freeland
August 21, 1852 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 27 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 32 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 37 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 37 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a motherElizabeth Crane
June 15, 1868 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 39 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
Death of a sisterSallie Eliza Christiana Freeland
December 28, 1874 (Age 45 years)
Burial of a sisterSallie Eliza Christiana Freeland
December 30, 1874 (Age 45 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Paul's Episcopal Cemetery
Note: Shemwell, Sallie [Mrs.]
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 48 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 fatherWilliam Ethelbert Freeland
October 5, 1884 (Age 55 years)

Death of a sisterMaria Rebecca Freeland
September 17, 1886 (Age 57 years)

Death of a brotherGeorge Thomas Freeland
November 14, 1892 (Age 63 years)

Death of a sisterFrances Diana Dare Freeland
March 2, 1893 (Age 64 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 69 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 sisterVirginia Elvira Freeland
November 29, 1900 (Age 71 years)

Death of a sisterZaenett Priscilla Freeland
October 23, 1903 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 86 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 87 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 88 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 100 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
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Birth: March 14, 1833 29 25Maryland, United States
Death: October 23, 1903Calvert, Maryland, United States
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