The Shemwell Family

James Monroe HendricksonAge: 80 years18411921

Name
James Monroe Hendrickson
Given names
James Monroe
Surname
Hendrickson
Birth April 7, 1841

MarriageCelia Ann SmithView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 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 19 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 son
#1
John Wesley Hendrickson
1865 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 25 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 25 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#2
Martha Jane Hendrickson
February 11, 1869 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 27 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 36 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 grandson
#1
Edwin B Breezeel
June 1887 (Age 46 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Nanny Breezeel
1888 (Age 46 years)

Marriage of a childGeorge Milas BreezeelMartha Jane HendricksonView this family
calculated 1888 (Age 46 years)

Death of a granddaughterNanny Breezeel
1888 (Age 46 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Bessie Breezeel
1889 (Age 47 years)

twin: Jessie Breezeel
Birth of a grandson
#4
Jessie Breezeel
1889 (Age 47 years)

twin: Bessie Breezeel
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Henrietta “Etta” Breezeel
April 21, 1891 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Jesse Breezeel
1893 (Age 51 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Dovie May Breezeel
1895 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
Willis Roscoe Breezeel
1897 (Age 55 years)
Death of a grandsonJesse Breezeel
1898 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 grandson
#9
Jack Breezeel
1899 (Age 57 years)

Death of a grandsonJack Breezeel
1899 (Age 57 years)

Birth of a grandson
#10
John McCoy Breezeel
1900 (Age 58 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Mattie Breezeel
1903 (Age 61 years)

Death of a granddaughterMattie Breezeel
1903 (Age 61 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Nola Evelyn Breezeel
1904 (Age 62 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Laura Lillian Breezeel
1906 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
Willie Breezeel
1908 (Age 66 years)

Death of a grandsonWillie Breezeel
1909 (Age 67 years)

Death of a daughterMartha Jane Hendrickson
April 27, 1911 (Age 70 years)

Death of a granddaughterDovie May Breezeel
1914 (Age 72 years)

Death of a granddaughterHenrietta “Etta” Breezeel
August 24, 1915 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 74 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 75 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 76 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/
Death June 30, 1921 (Age 80 years)
Burial
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son
John Wesley Hendrickson
Birth: 1865 23 25Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 20, 1940Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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