The Shemwell Family

Jennet HowellAge: 67 years18421909

Name
Jennet Howell
Given names
Jennet
Surname
Howell
Married name
Jennet Alexander
Married name
Jennet Lowry
Birth February 17, 1842 28 21
MarriageAlmon LowryView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherThomas “Tom” Howell
August 1847 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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
MarriageThomas P AlexanderView this family
February 11, 1855 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sallie Lenora Alexander
March 1864 (Age 22 years)
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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 24 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 24 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 26 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 fatherEvans Howell
1870 (Age 27 years)
Death of a husbandThomas P Alexander
February 28, 1871 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childJohn Williams BurchamSallie Lenora AlexanderView this family
February 29, 1880 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Maud Burcham
May 1883 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Lillie Burcham
March 1886 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
John Thomas Burcham
March 14, 1888 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam B NashSallie Lenora AlexanderView this family
calculated 1894 (Age 51 years)

Birth of a grandson
#4
James Herbert Nash
October 22, 1896 (Age 54 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
#5
Cecil Nash
August 1898 (Age 56 years)

Death of a motherMargaret Jones
1900 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Willie Orlean Nash
February 5, 1904 (Age 61 years)
Death May 5, 1909 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Howell Cemetery
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mother
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Jennet Howell
Birth: February 17, 1842 28 21Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 5, 1909Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
6 years
younger brother
Thomas “Tom” Howell
Birth: August 1847 33 27Maryland, United States
Death: September 8, 1915Cumberland City, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Thomas P Alexander - View this family
husband
Thomas P Alexander
Birth: March 15, 1836Tennessee, United States
Death: February 28, 1871Cumberland City, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
herself
Jennet Howell
Birth: February 17, 1842 28 21Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 5, 1909Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: February 11, 1855Roane, Tennessee, United States
9 years
daughter
Family with Almon Lowry - View this family
husband
herself
Jennet Howell
Birth: February 17, 1842 28 21Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 5, 1909Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
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