The Shemwell Family

Narcissus Jane LandrumAge: 80 years18511931

Name
Narcissus Jane Landrum
Given names
Narcissus Jane
Surname
Landrum
Married name
Narcissus Jane Warbington
Birth February 7, 1851
MarriageZachary Thomas WarbingtonView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 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 10 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 15 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 15 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 17 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 26 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#1
Pearl Jettie Warbington
August 24, 1887 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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
Marriage of a childOscar Roland HudsonPearl Jettie WarbingtonView this family
November 8, 1904 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Trulla Vernus Hudson
December 26, 1906 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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 78 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 husbandZachary Thomas Warbington
February 14, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Death April 21, 1931 (Age 80 years)
Family with Zachary Thomas Warbington - View this family
husband
Zachary Thomas Warbington
Birth: January 5, 1851 40 36Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
Death: February 14, 1930Butler, Missouri, United States
herself
Narcissus Jane Landrum
Birth: February 7, 1851Tennessee, United States
Death: April 21, 1931Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Pearl Jettie Warbington
Birth: August 24, 1887 36 36Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 1, 1956Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

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