The Shemwell Family

Mary F Owens1859

Name
Mary F Owens
Given names
Mary F
Surname
Owens
Birth 1859 23 22
Census July 7, 1860 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherCharles W Owens
1861 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherNoah Reed
after 1860 (Age 12 months)

Birth of a brotherWilliam J Owens
1862 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Edward Owens
May 9, 1864 (Age 5 years)
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 brotherNelson Owens
September 10, 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
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Owens
November 3, 1869 (Age 10 years)
Note: Headstone inscription:
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
Census June 9, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherNoah Monroe Owens
March 25, 1872 (Age 13 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Owens
November 1872 (Age 13 years)

Note: Death date taken from a Family Tree listed in Ancestry.
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 maternal grandmotherNancy Shemwell
February 22, 1879 (Age 20 years)
Note: Newspaper Abstracts of Graves County, Kentucky
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 brotherCharles W Owens
July 17, 1913 (Age 54 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Note: Has his middle initial as "W" on death certificate and on headstone, but clearly a "B…
Burial of a brotherCharles W Owens
July 17, 1913 (Age 54 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Sand Hill Cemetery
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/
Death of a motherRebecca Ann Reed
February 14, 1919 (Age 60 years)
Cause: Influenza
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 of a brotherNelson Owens
February 5, 1940 (Age 81 years)
Burial of a brotherNelson Owens
February 6, 1940 (Age 81 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a brotherBenjamin Owens
November 28, 1945 (Age 86 years)

Death of a brotherRobert Edward Owens
December 31, 1948 (Age 89 years)
Burial of a brotherRobert Edward Owens
January 1, 1949 (Age 90 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 91 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a brotherNoah Monroe Owens
January 28, 1960 (Age 101 years)
Burial of a brotherNoah Monroe Owens
January 31, 1960 (Age 101 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clarks River Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 87 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
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father
mother
Marriage: November 19, 1857Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
Charles W Owens
Birth: 1861 25 24Kentucky, United States
Death: July 17, 1913Harvey, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Robert Edward Owens
Birth: May 9, 1864 28 28Kentucky, United States
Death: December 31, 1948Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Nelson Owens
Birth: September 10, 1867 31 31Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 5, 1940Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Noah Monroe Owens
Birth: March 25, 1872 36 36Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 28, 1960Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

Mary F Owens has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Owens - Household

Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
B Owenshead24MWfarmerKY
R A Owenswife23FWhousewifeKY
M F Owensdaughter1FWKY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Owens - Household

Dist 2, Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Owen, Benjaminhead34MWfarmerKY
Owen, Beckie Awife32FWkeeping houseKY
Owen, Mary Fdaughter10FWat homeKY
Owen, Chas Bson9MWKY
Owen, Wm Json7MWKY
Owen, Rob Eson6MWKY
Owen, Nelsonson2MWKY
Owen, Benjaminson1monthMWKY