The Shemwell Family

James Leonard SmithAge: 62 years18601923

Name
James Leonard Smith
Given names
James Leonard
Surname
Smith
Birth August 26, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCarrie J WilliamsView this family
January 20, 1887 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Aramantha E Smith
April 12, 1889 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert James Smith
February 2, 1894 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 granddaughter
#1
Carrie Cecil Jeselink
June 23, 1914 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Lois L Smith
June 26, 1915 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 daughterAramantha E Smith
March 3, 1923 (Age 62 years)
Death July 28, 1923 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lone Cherry Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with Carrie J Williams - View this family
himself
James Leonard Smith
Birth: August 26, 1860Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: July 28, 1923Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
wife
Carrie J Williams
Birth: September 1868 48 41Mississippi, United States
Death: 1945Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
Marriage: January 20, 1887Richland, Louisiana, United States
2 years
daughter
Aramantha E Smith
Birth: April 12, 1889 28 20Richland, Louisiana, United States
Death: March 3, 1923Louisiana, United States
5 years
son
Robert James Smith
Birth: February 2, 1894 33 25Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
Death: October 11, 1960Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States

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